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The Foggy BoTTom CurrenTWednesday, March 14, 2012 Serving Foggy Bottom & the West End Vol. VI, No. 14

■ Mead Theatre Lab hosts “Nightmare Dreamer.” 5.■ “Woods” exhibit at Heurich explores local forests. Page 15.

■ District names applicants for Stevens School site. Page 2. ■ GWU museum plan passes historic review. Page 3.

NEWS EVENTS■ New popcorn truck offers flavorful concoctions. Page 11.■ Sisters showcase homemade necklaces in new boutique. Page 11.

BUSINESS INDEXBusiness/11Calendar/12Classifieds/37 District Digest/4Exhibits/15Foggy Bottom News/9In Your Neighborhood/30

Opinion/10Police Report/8Real Estate/27School Dispatches/25Service Directory/33Theater/15Voters Guide/17

By ELIZABETH WIENERCurrent Staff Writer

The mule-drawn canal boat that has taken visitors up and down the C&O Canal in Georgetown for decades is now beached indefinitely near Lock 4, riddled with cracks and beyond repair. This spring, a smaller, battery-powered boat will try to take its place. National Park Service officials say it would simply cost too much to repair the bigger canal boat, called The Georgetown, although they’re making efforts to help raise the several million dollars they say it would cost to build and operate a new replica. Kevin Brandt, superintendent of the C&O Canal National Historical Park, and Matt Logan, president of the park’s fundraising arm, the C&O Canal Trust, began discussions last week with the Georgetown Business

Improvement District about raising private funds to build a new canal boat. Logan told The Current Monday that “there is interest on all sides” to explore the idea. “There’s no doubt it’s an important component of Georgetown.”

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Park Service sidelines damaged canal boat

Bill Petros/The CurrentThe Park Service says repairs to The Georgetown, which has “significant structural deficiencies,” would be more expensive than a new boat.

By BRADY HOLTCurrent Staff Writer

Michael D. Brown and Pete Ross agree on the main point: The District needs statehood, and the best way to achieve it is informing Americans nationwide about the issue. But the two Democratic primary candidates for the post of D.C. shad-ow senator differ on how that office can best raise awareness that District residents lack voting representation in Congress. In interviews with The Current, Brown said the best path is to con-tinue his work in hosting statehood

events and incorporating the issue into school curricula, while Ross called for more dramatic protests to attract greater media attention. Michael D. Brown — not to be confused with at-large D.C. Council member Michael A. Brown — was elected to the shadow senate seat in 2006. He pointed to his experience in this position, as well as his previ-ous work on political campaigns and as an advisory neighborhood com-missioner in his American University Park neighborhood. “I’ve worked in politics for a very long time, and I’ve worked in

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‘Shadow’ candidates face off on how to achieve statehood

By KATIE PEARCECurrent Staff Writer

The Logan Circle area will likely serve as Ward 2’s testing ground for a new parking program that aims to preserve spots for residents. Despite a few concerns, the Logan Circle advisory neighbor-

hood commission last week voted in support of adopting its own version of the “enhanced residential permit parking” system that has already gone into effect in a few other parts of the city. The D.C. Department of Transportation is now starting to talk with residents and the office of Ward 2 D.C. Council member Jack Evans, who proposed the pilot program, to see how it can work. “We’re beginning this process,

and we haven’t really walked through the permutations about what resident-only means for Logan Circle,” said agency program man-ager Damon Harvey. As proposed, the pilot would apply to streets already governed by residential permit parking rules within the neighborhood commis-sion’s boundaries, a map of which is available at anc2f.org. One side of each of these streets would be

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Logan readies resident-only parking

Matt Petros/The CurrentStep dancers were among the many participants in the 41st annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade downtown on Sunday. This year’s theme was “Feed the Soul — Nourish the Palate.”

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Adams Morgan residents remain divided on a long-delayed proposal to build a new 227-room high-rise hotel behind the First Church of Christ, Scientist, building at Champlain and Euclid streets. At the community’s advisory neighborhood commis-sion meeting last Wednesday, several dozen residents spoke both for and against the hotel project, with most comments drawing hearty applause from different parts of the overflowing room. The commission itself stale-mated 4-4 on whether to support the historic preservation elements in the hotel’s design, and ultimately took no position. Developers say the new Adams Morgan Historic Hotel would boost foot traffic for nearby businesses, and note that the project would renovate and preserve the near-vacant 1912 neoclassical church, which might oth-

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ANC torn on Adams Morgan hotel plan

■ Planning: Pilot could expand to other parts of ward

Rendering courtesy of OPX GlobalDevelopers say the project would help renovate and preserve the historic First Church of Christ, Scientist building at Euclid and Champlain streets.

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A total of 12 developers and edu-cators have filed applications with the city as potential new users of the West End’s vacant Stevens Elementary School property, the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development announced Monday. The six commercial developers and six educators replied to the District’s “request for expressions of interest” for the city-owned proper-ty, which includes the 21st Street school building and an undeveloped L Street schoolyard. Officials envi-sion a developer building a project on the schoolyard and using part of the proceeds to renovate the historic school for an educational user. According to economic develop-ment office spokesperson Jose Sousa, the six development teams that expressed interest are Akridge and Argos; Capstone Development and Green River Partners; Donohoe Development Company and Decca Development Corp.; EastBanc Inc.; Lincoln Property Company and Mosaic Urban Partners; and MRP Realty and CSG Urban Partners. The educational users are AppleTree Institute for Education Innovation; Dorothy I. Height Community Academy Public Charter School; Eagle Academy Public Charter School; GEMS Americas, Urban Atlantic Education and The Robert Bobb Group; Ivymount Schools and Programs; and Living Classrooms of the National Capital Region, said Sousa. The economic development office hasn’t yet offered any details about the applications it has received beyond naming the entities that filed them. Sousa said more details may be presented March 21 to the Foggy Bottom/West End advisory neigh-borhood commission, but he said the

office is still privately vetting the applications against basic criteria. Once the economic development office clears the applications, it will ask each developer to pair up with one or more of the educational users — and vice versa — to discuss how they would share the site. According to the office’s plan, their joint appli-cations will be due May 1 and pre-sented to the community for feed-back at that point. The office will then pick its pre-ferred “pair” later this spring, and the D.C. Council will need to approve the transfer of the Stevens site to that partnership. Foggy Bottom/West End adviso-ry neighborhood commission chair Florence Harmon wrote in an email that she’s pleased with the responses to the city’s solicitation. “I am excit-ed about the applicants for the Stevens School project and appre-ciative of the efforts of Mayor Gray and the Deputy Mayor of Economic Development and his staff in making this project possible,” she wrote. Neighbors had blocked a previ-ous plan for the Stevens site, pre-pared under former Mayor Adrian Fenty’s administration, that included no educational component. Officials said they’ve learned from the mis-takes of that previous process, and have pledged greater transparency and more opportunities for public input.

City announces contenders for Stevens School property

Bill Petros/Current File PhotoThe city wants both a developer and an educator for the space.

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Thursday, March 15 The Cleveland Park Citizens Association will hold its monthly meeting, which will feature a forum for candidates in contested primaries. The meeting will also include a report on demographic changes in Cleveland Park from 2000 to 2010. The meeting will be held from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Cleveland Park Neighborhood Library, 3310 Connecticut Ave. NW.■ Advisory Neighborhood Commission 4A will host a candidates forum for the Ward 4 D.C. Council race. The forum will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. at Brightwood Education Campus, 1300 Nicholson St. NW. Residents are invited to submit potential questions to [email protected].

Tuesday, March 20 The Crestwood Citizens Association will hold its regular meeting, which will feature a talk by Rock Creek Park superintendent Tara Morrison. The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. at 1950 Upshur St. NW.■ The Chevy Chase Citizens Association and Northwest Neighbors Village will host a program on “Elder Issues: Facilitating Difficult Family Conversations.” Speakers will include Myrna Fawcett, an elder-law attorney; Steve Altman; a prac-ticing commercial mediator; and Carolyn Rodis, a specialist in elder-care media-tion. The meeting will begin at 7:30 p.m. at the Chevy Chase Community Center, 5601 Connecticut Ave. NW.■ Advisory Neighborhood Commission 3C will sponsor a community meeting with representatives from Giant and Buzzuto Development to discuss construc-tion plans for Cathedral Commons at the current Giant site at Wisconsin Avenue and Newark Street. The meeting will begin at 7:30 p.m. at the 2nd District Police Headquarters, 3320 Idaho Ave. NW.

Wednesday, March 21 The D.C. Alcoholic Beverage Control Board will hold a public hearing on the proposed renewal of the Glover Park liquor license moratorium for three years. The hearing will be held from 11 a.m. to noon in the board’s fourth-floor hearing room in the Reeves Center, 2000 14th St. NW. To testify, contact Martha Jenkins at 202-442-4456 or [email protected].

Thursday, March 22 The Ward 3 Democratic Committee will hold a “community dialogue” with D.C. Public Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson. The meeting will begin at 7:30 p.m. at St. Columba’s Episcopal Church, 4201 Albemarle St. NW. In conjunction with the meeting, committee delegates will hold an endorsement vote in the at-large D.C. Council and shadow senator races.

Tuesday, March 27 The D.C. State Board of Education will hold its monthly meeting, which will include a review of graduation requirements in art and music. The meeting will begin at 5:30 p.m. in Room 412 at the John A. Wilson Building, 1350 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.■ Advisory Neighborhood Commission 3/4G and the Chevy Chase Citizens Association will host a candidates forum for the at-large D.C. Council race. The forum will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Chevy Chase Community Center, Connecticut Avenue and McKinley Street NW.

Tuesday, April 10 The D.C. Water and Sewer Authority will hold a Ward 1 town-hall meeting to talk about water projects, rates and other issues. The meeting will be held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Columbia Heights Community Center, 1480 Girard St. NW.

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The D.C. Board of Zoning Adjustment ruled Tuesday that it cannot force city officials to investigate and pos-sibly shut down a Chinese carryout shop in Adams Morgan that residents say has morphed into a delivery service, with its cars blocking curb cuts and speeding down an alley off 18th Street, in alleged violation of city zoning law. Board members were clearly troubled by what they called “a case of first impression,” meaning that the issue lacks precedent. They said they simply did not have enough evidence to conclude that the city zoning admin-istrator, who says he’s been investigating Peking Garden Carryout since last May, had “refused to take enforce-ment action.” The case, brought by the Adams Morgan advisory neighborhood commission and resident Alan Roth, originally centered on a fairly simple point in the zoning regulations: If the “principal use” of a business is deliver-ing food, it must have a special zoning exception, which the shop at 2008 18th Street doesn’t have.

Zoning administrator Matthew LeGrant has been promising for almost 10 months to investigate how much delivery business Peking Garden does. But at a Feb. 28 hearing, city attorneys said the length of that investiga-tion, and the lack of enforcement in the meantime, was

Zoning board votes on Peking Garden case


The D.C. Historic Preservation Review Board has given hearty approval to a revised design for a new museum on the George Washington University campus. Situated at 21st and G streets, and incorporating the historic Woodhull House, the museum will house the relocated Textile Museum and a Washingtoniana collection assembled by philanthropist Albert Small. The latest revision shows a lime-stone-clad six-story museum, enliv-ened by banners, for the new part of the museum, with a glassy bridge leading to the Woodhull House, which will host the Washingtoniana collection. Preservation board members were pleased the large limestone façade will be detailed with cours-ing, banners and sculptural curves. Discussion at the board’s Feb. 23 meeting also focused on the “bridge” between the new and his-toric buildings. The latest revisions by architect Lee Becker of the Hartman-Cox firm make it lower, curved and clad in stone, with an open passageway underneath that members said is wider and more welcoming. “What was good has gotten bet-ter,” said board member Joseph Taylor. He called the design “appro-priate, sensitive and intelligent.” The board’s staff will now han-dle the final details of the design. University officials say the museum will be used by students and faculty and will also host public programs on art, history and culture. The Zoning Commission will consider the proposed museum at an April 4 public hearing.

Preservation board OKs GW museum

Bill Petros/The CurrentThe board said it cannot force the city zoning administrator to complete his investigation.

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Cleveland Park Giant to close on April 12 Giant Food will close its Cleveland Park supermarket next month in preparation for the long-planned Cathedral Commons proj-ect, which includes a larger Giant store, the company announced yes-terday. The current Giant at 3336 Wisconsin Ave. will close at 6 p.m. April 12, and a free thrice-weekly shuttle service to the company’s Van Ness location will begin April 15, according to a company news

release. The shuttle will leave Cleveland Park at noon Sundays and 9:45 a.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays, and return two hours later, the release states; pick-up locations aren’t yet available. When the Giant reopens in 2014, it will have grown from 16,000 square feet to 56,000, the release states. The project will also include additional retail space and 137 apartment units. The D.C. Court of Appeals upheld the Zoning Commission approval for the project in December after years of opposition

from some in the community.

Brightwood residents oust commissioner Brightwood residents have voted to recall advisory neighbor-hood commissioner Douglas Smith, according to results certi-fied yesterday by the D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics. Residents of single-member dis-trict 4B04 voted Feb. 28 on wheth-er to oust Smith, whom some accused of being unresponsive to his constituents. Smith has said residents want him to be more vehemently opposed to a planned Walmart. In the final tally, 83 residents voted to recall Smith, and 64 voted to keep him in place, according to a news release from the D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics. Board spokesperson Alysoun McLaughlin said Smith has seven days to request a recount. Unless the count is reversed, prospective candidates for the seat will be able to collect petitions to run starting March 23.

Democrats announce delegate selections Fifteen of the District’s delegates to the Democratic National Convention have been identified after this month’s pre-primary cau-cus. According to the D.C. Democratic State Committee web-site, the delegates representing wards 3, 4, 5 and 7 are James Bubar, Irma Esparza, Mark Long, L. Jeanette Mobley, Mary Terrell, Romaine Thomas and Brandon Todd. The delegates representing wards 1, 2, 6 and 8 are Marion Barry, Sheila Bunn, Gregory Cendana, Jack Evans, Denise Lopez, Susan Meehan, Jeffrey

Richardson and Lateefah Williams. The District will send a total of 44 delegates to the convention and designate two alternates; the addi-tional seats are set aside for elected officials, local party leaders and underrepresented ethnic groups, and will be filled this spring. The con-vention will take place Sept. 3 through 7 in Charlotte, N.C.

Ex-mayor Williams to chair tax commission Tony Williams, who served as D.C. mayor from 1999 to 2007 and chief financial officer before that, will chair the District’s new nine-member Tax Revision Commission, officials announced yesterday. The commission, which had been dormant since 1998, will review and recommend changes to D.C. tax policies, according to a news release from Council Chairman Kwame Brown. The other members of the com-mission, nominated by Brown and Mayor Vincent Gray, are David Brunori, Catherine Collins, Tracy Gordon, Ed Lazere, Teresa Hinze, Pauline Schneider, Stefan Tucker and Nicola Whiteman, the release states.

Sheridan-Kalorama voting site to change The Precinct 13 polling place will move to the auditorium of Our Lady Queen of the Americas Church, 2200 California St. NW, starting with the April 3 primary, according the D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics. Sheridan-Kalorama’s current site, St. Margaret’s Episcopal Church, won’t be available for upcoming elections, the notice states. The board approved the change yesterday after taking a pre-liminary vote last month.

City plans to install more ‘red-top’ meters After installing 400 new “red top” parking meters reserved for cars with disability license plates or placards by March 1, the D.C. Department of Transportation announced Thursday that it will put another 1,100 such meters in place by April 17. With the installation of the red tops, the city ended its longstanding practice of allowing disabled drivers to park free and for twice the posted time at any parking meter. Motorists with disabilities can still have the extra parking time — with payment — until April 17, according to an agency news release. By that date, 9 percent of the city’s parking meters will be red tops, which explicitly allow for twice the parking time of other nearby meters, the release states. Cars without handicap placards or plates can receive $250 tickets for parking at a red-top meter. The Transportation Department

launched the red-top program earli-er this year as an effort to reduce opportunities for parking with fraudulent disability credentials.

Dupont leader seeks school board spot Dupont Circle advisory neigh-borhood commissioner Jack Jacobson will challenge Mary Lord for Ward 2’s State Board of Education seat in the Nov. 6 gener-al election, he announced Monday. Jacobson wrote in a news release that he would prioritize improving neighborhood schools, reducing attrition and ensuring a rigorous curriculum. In addition to his time on the neighborhood commission since 2008, Jacobson has helped orga-nize the 17th Street Festival and a consumer group focused on taxi-cab regulations, according to another release from his campaign.

D.C. students invited to global discussion Students in grades six through 12 are invited to participate in an event to discuss their own efforts to deal with world issues, according to a news release from co-sponsor Washington International School. Attendees at the “Global Issues Network” event, co-sponsored by the School Without Walls, will be asked to host a “breakout session” that includes a 15-minute presenta-tion on the activities they’ve under-taken regarding world issues, the release states. For more information and to reg-ister for the March 16 event, which will be held at George Washington University, visit wis.edu.

‘Biogas’ from sewage to power D.C. facility Extract from D.C. sewage will soon be converted into fuel that will power part of the Blue Plains Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant, the D.C. Water and Sewer Authority announced last week. The authority hopes to open the $81 million combined heat and power plant by December 2014, and expects it will supply nearly 30 percent of the treatment facili-ty’s power, according to a news release. A “digester” will extract usable biogas — a cleaner-burning fuel than most electricity sources — from material cleaned from the wastewater, the authority says. The water authority contracted with Pepco Energy Services to design and build the new plant, and will pay the company an addi-tional $89 million over 15 years to operate and maintain it, according to the release.

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restricted for Ward 2 permit holders only between 7 a.m. and midnight on either six or seven days of the week. The other side of those streets would retain their existing parking restrictions — typically, two-hour limits for non-permit-holders during certain times of the day. Sherri Kimbel, Evans’ director of constituent services, last week described the demographic shift in Logan Circle that had created the need for new parking rules. Residential Permit Parking was originally established in the neigh-borhood to “stop commuters from using our residential space” on workdays, Kimbel said at the com-mission’s Wednesday meeting. “That has changed as our city has changed.” She said the problem is now eve-nings, when the 14th Street and convention center areas attract a lot of visitors, and residents find them-selves scavenging for spots. “We want people to come to the neighborhood,” said Kimbel, “but we don’t necessarily feel we have to provide free parking.” “The good news is our commu-nity’s become a very desirable place to live, with a lot of amenities,” said commissioner Charles Reed. But that’s also “the bad news” for park-ing, he said. “The days are gone when you could come home and have your choice of parking spots.” One resident said cars with Maryland and Virginia tags regular-ly take up a large percentage of spots. In the future, parking will be “a hassle if you don’t have the [per-mit] sticker, but you make it work,” he said, pointing out that cities like Seattle and Los Angeles have adopt-ed similar measures. But a few concerns came out last week. Representatives of Logan Circle’s business community weren’t present to comment, and some residents worried about how the restrictions might impact their ability to draw patrons.

Kimbel later said that if the pro-gram “ends up completely screwing the business community, then we’ll have to rethink.” David Alpert, who runs the blog Greater Greater Washington and also lives in the general area, noted that residents of Mount Pleasant voted to opt out of a similar parking program because they feared it would hurt the already-suffering business of their main strip. Though he generally supported the plan, Alpert also brought up another issue: an unintended layer of exclusion. The new parking restric-tions would be an advantage for anyone with a parking permit for Ward 2, which includes areas like Dupont Circle and Georgetown, but it would make parking more difficult for other D.C. residents. “I think you’re going to get a significant amount of concern from other council members … if you’re basically making this special prefer-ence for Georgetowners to come into this neighborhood,” Alpert said, while visitors from places like Bloomingdale and Columbia Heights would face new obstacles. “It doesn’t achieve the stated pur-pose of the policy, which is to let people park where they live,” Alpert pointed out. Such complaints have been lobbed at the regular Residential Permit Parking program for years, with some arguing that wards are too large an area for the restrictions. There was some talk of making the new Logan Circle program more narrow, with specialized permits for specific areas, but commissioners never formally embraced that idea. Evans has said that if the pilot is successful it could be rolled out to other parts of Ward 2. Similar park-ing restrictions are already in place near Nationals Park and in Columbia Heights. There, they were designed through legislation. Logan Circle commissioners supported allowing 60 days to publi-cize the system and give individual blocks the chance to “opt out” by petition. They also recommended extending the program to Sundays.

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not within the board’s purview. At a decision session Tuesday morning, the board ultimately agreed. “Is the delay, or lack of response, the same as a decision not to enforce?” asked chair Meridith Moldenhauer. “It’s a very challeng-ing question.” Then, Moldenhauer explained where she stood. “This delay, while significant, is not beyond a year, or two years. The city says an investi-gation is ‘pending.’ There may be

budget reasons, or this may not be a priority.” “I don’t think we have enough evidence to know,” added member Lloyd Jordan. Board member Nicole Sorg noted that residents upset by the delivery cars blocking their alley still have the option of going to court to seek an injunction against the tiny food shop. The board then voted unanimously to deny the neighborhood commis-sion’s appeal. But it was clear the lack of action from the zoning administrator and his agency, the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs,

left some members troubled. “As a resident of the District, a taxpayer,” member Margie Cohen wondered why the neighborhood commission was left wondering for months if LeGrant was about to take action or had simply shelved the case. “This became a very convo-luted process. There needs to be more transparency, so this doesn’t happen again,” Cohen said. “There needs to be a process,” said Jordan, who headed the regula-tory department in the 1990s. “This needs to be raised to the level of the department director or the mayor to get action.”

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Meter mayhem The D.C. Department of Transportation has rolled out a new hand-icapped-parking system that has many in the city in a tizzy. And no wonder. The agency has installed 400 new red-top meters for drivers with handicap tags or placards. The meters went into effect March 1, the same day the department ended its policy of allowing drivers with handicap license tags or placards to park for free at regular meters, and for twice the length allowed. The new meters — whose ranks will soon grow by 1,100 as the agency scrambles to meet demand — last twice as long as the regular devices, but they require payment. While some have challenged the idea of making handicapped driv-ers pay for parking, our complaint lies more with the implementation. Thus far, the new meters are concentrated largely downtown and around Southwest’s federal agencies, leaving the situation unclear for handicapped drivers who park elsewhere in the city. At first, the agency said those drivers could still park for an extended time limit at regular meters, but must pay for the full period — which would require a return trip to feed the device. Then, the agency said enforcement will be “focused on places where we do have the red-top meters until the program is expanded.” But we’ve heard accounts of ticketing in neighborhoods that lack the devices. Clearly, officials should have anticipated these problems. We appreciate the goal of curbing parking fraud, which officials say is a major problem in some areas that host abundant federal jobs. The Transportation Department says that due to the difficulty of gov-erning time limits in spaces without meters, some cars simply stay in place in these neighborhoods all day. But we’re extremely troubled by the piecemeal introduction. Officials should have kept the old system in place — and worked hard to communicate this plan to the community — until the job could be completed. Then they could have begun enforcing the new rules everywhere all at once.

For Ward 2 council We are disappointed that Ward 2 D.C. Council member Jack Evans has no competition in the April 3 Democratic primary. For a while, it appeared that Fiona Greig, a relatively new Georgetown resident, would be running. Unfortunately, she dropped out. While Ms. Greig would have faced an uphill battle against the incumbent, she would have brought a fresh perspective to the race. It’s a minor complaint, though, because we are confident that we would have endorsed Mr. Evans over Ms. Greig, if only because of her support for a far more progressive city income tax with higher rates for top income-earners. We fear that raising these rates would push quite a few wealthy residents to move to lower-tax states. Mr. Evans, who chairs the D.C. Council’s finance committee, has pointed out that our revenue from wealthy residents increased when Maryland raised its marginal rates higher than ours. His opposition to raising taxes might not be a popular stand in all quarters, but we think it is a responsible one for securing enough tax revenue to support our schools and social services. Mr. Evans’ fiscal views are to the benefit of the entire city, particu-larly through his advocacy with Wall Street’s bond agencies. But we do occasionally disagree with him here, as we did when he opposed efforts to restrain a local businessman from establishing a near monopoly over the sale of gasoline in D.C. We also find much to admire in Mr. Evans’ record on non-eco-nomic issues. He was a prime mover in the mayoral takeover of the schools, which has resulted in significant improvements. He backed Mayor Vincent Gray’s efforts to push pre-kindergarten education, which has shown signs of reducing special-education enrollment. And he has recruited an excellent staff. While competition is good for democracy, we are confident that Mr. Evans deserves our endorsement.

Advocates for more spending on social services in the city are stepping up appeals to the mayor and council, with a protest held Monday. Although your Notebook was sidelined by a bad knee, media reports described a “one city” appeal that was quite different from the $600,000-plus extravaganza Mayor Vincent Gray held a few weeks ago. The D.C. Fair Budget Coalition drew about 100 or so folks to the steps of the John A. Wilson Building for its “One City (in Crisis) Summit.” The organiza-tion represents about five-dozen social service providers and affiliated organizations. DCist, a newsy blog, noted that several D.C. Council members stopped by the event. It quoted Ward 1 Council member Jim Graham as cautioning that the 2013 budget proposals expected soon are not going to be brimming with new money. Graham noted that Mayor Gray has made a career of social services, but that his background won’t necessarily translate into spending initiatives or program-saving maneuvers. “We’re always concerned until we see the product,” DCist quoted Graham as saying. The coalition cites some pretty grim statistics:• 1 in 10 residents are unemployed.• 1 in 5 residents are on the waiting list for public and/or subsidized housing.• 1 in 3 residents over 16 are functionally illiterate.• 1 in 3 children are living in poverty. And a few folks pointed out that even the may-or’s super-sized event highlighted affordable hous-ing, a key issue for the coalition. (Gray’s office has stepped up announcements about new housing in response to his summit.) Despite the budget surplus of $240 million last fiscal year and about $70 million in higher revenue being reported now, the fiscal future is still cloudy. Chief financial officer Natwar Gandhi has opined that the 2013 budget needs to include about $160 million in spending cuts or new revenue. When the mayor wrote a letter mildly suggesting that maybe Gandhi’s revenue projections were too conservative, Gandhi responded with a 10-page explanation that basically said, “Nope.” The blunt rejection surprised some who noted that Gandhi is up for reappointment this summer. While some council members — at-large member David Catania in particular — want Gandhi replaced, the mayor more recently has been hinting that he may well reappoint him. It may not be much of a choice for Gray. The mayor is under a serious legal cloud, with federal prosecutors pressing an investigation into his 2010 campaign. Meanwhile, Gandhi may have his faults, but he retains a strong reputation on Wall Street with the bond agencies that are critical to the city’s financial well-being. You might be asking a simple question: If the city has a $240 million surplus from last year, why not just spend it on the critical needs next year? The short answer is that the city promised the credit rating agencies that it would rebuild its reserve fund balance, which dropped precipitously during the city budgets guided by Adrian Fenty. It had been as high as $1.5 billion, but has fallen into the $600 million range. It’s a lot of money almost any way you look at it, except when it comes to fiscal pru-

dence. But that won’t keep social service advocates from pressing city leaders to find the money or raise reve-nue. The mayor’s budget is due in about 10 days. The battles are just beginning.■ A sporting chance. One of those battles will have echoes from the city’s decisions in the past two decades to build the sprawling convention center and

the Nats ballpark and to spend more than $100 million in city funds to make downtown land ready for the Verizon Center.

NBC4 has reported on the Mayor Gray’s private negotiations to bring the Redskins training facility and hall of fame to the development site adjacent to the old RFK Memorial Stadium. And we’ve reported on continuing efforts to build a soccer stadium adjacent to the ballpark near the foot of the South Capitol Street Bridge. Capitol Hill East neighbors and activists already are screaming that the ’Skins training facility would eat up too much valuable land that could be used for other, more neighborhood-friendly development. Ward 6 Council member Tommy Wells essential-ly has said he sees no way the ’Skins operation would fit into plans for the site known as Reservation 13. He and others say the acres that would be needed for training facilities — which are sparsely used part of the year — would be better suited to year-round development and riverside ame-nities. The mayor and Ward 2 Council member Jack Evans, who has been the major force in corralling support for the city’s other big projects, have their work cut out for them when they make a trip soon to Capitol Hill to address neighborhood concerns. The mayor’s office says the ’Skins can be a catalyst for development, an instant attraction and magnet for other businesses. The preliminary proposal includes a team-oriented hotel that would draw visitors, out-of-town teams and others during the season. However, given the way the ’Skins have been play-ing, the season is only eight home games, with play-off dates only a hope. Meanwhile, it seems most everyone, including Wells, is inclined to support a soccer stadium. The site under consideration the last two years has been in Southwest across South Capitol Street from Nationals Park. But the big if — a really big if — is whether the team ownership can come to the table with financ-ing. Owners surely can’t expect the District to build a soccer field through city money and tax-increment financing. They have looked all over the metro region, and in Baltimore, for a possible deal. But it won’t be one-sided wherever it is. The advocates for more social service spending will raise hell if the city bends to any degree to sup-port sports venues over social service budgets. When then-Mayor Tony Williams got approval for the ball-park, it came with promises to spend revenues on social services. Some question whether that actually happened the way it was envisioned, which brings us back to the appeals of the D.C. Fair Budget Coalition. Tom Sherwood, a Southwest resident, is a politi-cal reporter for News 4.

A new budget spring … ?

TOM SHERWOOD’S NotebooK

Coverage helped resolve lease mess Thank you for covering so thoroughly the city’s ill-advised plan to award a sole-source con-tract to Keenan Development

Ventures to build a fire station on part of the former Walter Reed campus [“City halts sole-source talks for lease of Walter Reed site,” March 7]. The Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development simply didn’t properly vet Keenan’s claim to the property and was willing to spend a lot of taxpayer

money (we don’t know how much) unnecessarily. It’s clear to me that Elizabeth Wiener’s articles spurred the city to act responsibly and end the contract negotiations. Again, I’d like to thank The Current for its coverage!

Sara GreenChair, Advisory Neighborhood

Commission 4B

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too many events disrupt bus routes Last year, events closed streets for up to 48 hours on some week-ends and often detoured more than a dozen bus routes. The last thing D.C. needs is another event that dis-rupts transportation on weekends [“Rock ’n’ Roll Marathon plans make way through city review,” Feb. 15)]. On my weekend commutes to work, I sometimes have had to wait three times longer than normal for buses that were being detoured. Reliable Metrobus service is needed on weekends because exten-sive track work causes delays on Metrorail and renders it impractical for workers who must report to work on time. Riders who take Metrobus to their shopping or lei-sure destinations on weekends also deserve reliable service. Because buses on major routes are often crowded on weekends, I know that not only a handful but hundreds of riders are affected by event detours. (Weekend ridership counts are not available from wmata.com.) Because Metrobus serves a criti-cal need on weekends, events should be regulated in order to min-imize impact on transportation. Specifically, on street segments that include or intersect bus routes, the city should prohibit booths and other fixtures and allow only parades, walking or running. Officials should also establish limits on the number and scope of events each weekend.

Douglas RoweCathedral Heights

Food trucks must be closely regulated The Georgetown Business Association was one of more than 3,000 organizations or individuals to submit comments to the D.C. Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs regarding its proposed rule-making related to food truck vending. We commend the department for tackling this important issue. Food trucks represent an emerging busi-ness in our city; they provide jobs and offer a range of interesting, var-ied culinary choices for consumers. As small businesses, they should be encouraged — but they should also be regulated in a manner that is fair and on par with existing public space oversight. Absent clearer, stronger final regulations, our association is con-cerned that existing businesses could find themselves overwhelmed by the presence of food trucks in

front of their businesses, blocking entryways for their customers and causing unsanitary conditions for trash and food disposal. Final regulations should permit food trucks at a specific location, within a specific block and within the designated food-vending zone. Also, there should be a limit for the number of food trucks on any given block — permitting only one or two trucks per block so as to avoid any possibility of an area becoming overwhelmed by food truck vend-ing. While this is a potential con-cern for every zone throughout the city, it is particularly important for Georgetown, given the limited pedestrian sidewalk space in our community. These suggestions comport with the city’s management of public space, which delineates and limits all manner of uses and activities within public space. Our comments, therefore, effectively urge parity with current practice, something that was lacking in the proposed rule-making. Our association’s comments also support the suggestions of other Georgetown organizations in urging the prohibition of vending in resi-dentially zoned areas and the impo-sition of strict waste management policies. We look forward to the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs’ final regulations and appreciate the care the agency has taken in its attempt to address this important and emerging busi-ness issue.

Rokas Beresniovas President, Georgetown Business

Association

More speed cameras would boost safety Although it took me a while to figure out the meaning of “lead-foot-nabbing device” in your edito-rial of March 7, I am pleased to endorse blogger David Alpert’s call for more cameras to nab speeders and others violators of traffic regu-lations at important intersections. I cross Van Ness Street and Connecticut Avenue on foot twice every day, and I never fail to see speeders, runners of red lights and other traffic violators. At that cross-ing, we pedestrians put our lives not in our hands but in our feet.

Yale RichmondForest Hills

Army project at AU needs more caution At last month’s Spring Valley Restoration Advisory Board meet-ing, there was some heated discus-sion about the location of the Sergeant Maurer Burial Pit, where 20 to 30 large glass bottles of mus-tard agent were buried after World

War I. The board reviewed a December 2000 report by the Environmental Protection Agency’s Environmental Photographic Interpretation Center and a November 2007 fence line study by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which identified several possible locations of the Sergeant Maurer Burial Pit on the American University campus near the Watkins parking lot — not 4825 Glenbrook Road, as had been previously stated by the Army Corps. With a 60-foot plus or minus level of accuracy, it seems likely that the Sergeant Maurer Burial Pit area includes much of the Watkins parking lot and the backyard of 4825 Glenbrook Road. Last week, the Army Corps met with two advisory neighborhood commissioners, as D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton had requested. We learned the Army Corps used ground-penetrating radar on the Watkins parking lot, but not on the adjacent grassy area where the Sergeant Maurer Burial Pit is believed to be located. This lapse is a serious concern because the Army Corps resumed the Kreeger/Watkins parking lot anom-aly investigation on Monday. There is a slight chance that con-tractors will uncover the Sergeant Maurer Burial Pit and release mus-tard agent on the campus and in the neighborhood. This chance could have been avoided by using a vapor containment structure and air filtra-tion unit, as the Army Corps used at 4801 and 4825 Glenbrook Road. Using the vapor containment struc-ture and air filtration unit makes sense seeing as bottles filled with chemical warfare agent were recov-ered on three adjacent properties — 4801, 4825 and 4835 Glenbrook Road. Two of these properties and a portion of the third were part of the American University campus when the burials took place. But the Army Corps said this is a “low probability” investigation until they find something. If a chemical-filled bottle is found, the project will like-ly be shut down for several months while the Army Corps revises its work plan. We asked the Army Corps to share the geophysical survey of the Watkins parking lot, to delay inves-tigating the anomalies in the Watkins parking lot until after ground-penetrating radar is used in the Sergeant Maurer Burial Pit area, and to use a vapor containment structure with an air-filtration unit when investigating the Sergeant Maurer Burial Pit area. The Army would agree only to posting the geophysical survey at the Tenley-Friendship Neighborhood Library.

Kent SlowinskiCommissioner, ANC 3D01

Former member, Restoration Advisory Board

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This is a listing of reports taken from March 4 through 10 by the Metropolitan Police Department in local police ser-vice areas.

PSA 101

Robbery (force and violence)■ 1000 block, 14th St.; side-walk; 2:25 a.m. March 9.Robbery (snatch)■ 12th and H streets; sidewalk; 5:48 p.m. March 9.Stolen auto■ 11th and H streets; street; 7 p.m. March 8.Theft ($250 plus)■ 1300 block, Pennsylvania Ave.; office building; 5:10 p.m. March 5.Theft (below $250)■ 1000 block, H St.; restau-rant; 9:24 a.m. March 5.■ 500 block, 11th St.; store; 12:40 p.m. March 5.■ 700 block, 9th St.; store; 8:35 a.m. March 6.■ 1000 block, F St.; unspeci-fied premises; 1:40 p.m. March 6.■ 1300 block, Pennsylvania Ave.; government building; 2:12 p.m. March 6.■ 1000 block, E St.; sidewalk; 5:45 p.m. March 7.■ 500 14th St.; store; 5 a.m. March 9.Theft from auto ($250 plus)■ 1000 block, 10th St.; street; 5:30 a.m. March 7.

PSA 102

Robbery (gun)■ 4th and K streets; sidewalk; 2:28 a.m. March 7.■ 600 block, H St.; Metrorail station; 11:55 p.m. March 10.Robbery (force and violence)■ 700 block, F St.; hotel; 5:20 a.m. March 9.Robbery (snatch)■ 6th and H streets; sidewalk; 9:05 p.m. March 5.■ 300 block, 7th St.; restau-rant; 2:35 p.m. March 8.Assault with a dangerous weapon■ 800 block, G St.; street; 7:47 p.m. March 11.Burglary■ 400 block, K St.; residence; 10 a.m. March 7.■ 400 block, K St.; residence; 5:40 p.m. March 10.Theft ($250 plus)■ 800 block, 7th St.; office building; 4:58 p.m. March 8.Theft (below $250)■ 600 block, F St.; restaurant; 10 a.m. March 5.■ 400 block, Massachusetts Ave.; store; 10:40 a.m. March 6.■ 800 block, 7th St.; office building; 1:30 p.m. March 7.■ 400 block, Massachusetts Ave.; drugstore; 2:58 p.m. March 7.■ 1000 block, 5th St.; restau-rant; 9:15 p.m. March 7.■ 400 block, Massachusetts Ave.; drugstore; 2 p.m. March

8.■ 800 block, F St.; street; 9:40 p.m. March 9.■ 400 block, 7th St.; store; 6:40 p.m. March 10.Theft from auto (below $250)■ 400 block, H St.; street; 7 p.m. March 4.■ 600 bock, E St.; parking lot; 6 p.m. March 5.■ 600 block, E St.; parking lot; 6 p.m. March 5.■ 700 block, 6th St.; parking lot; 6 p.m. March 6.

PSA 204

Burglary■ 3000 block, Connecticut Ave.; residence; 7:45 a.m. March 8.Theft (below $250)■ 3500 block, Garfield St.; school; 2 p.m. March 10.Theft from auto (below $250)■ 2600 block, Woodley Place; street; 6:30 p.m. March 7.

PSA 206

Burglary■ 2700 block, Q St.; residence; 11 a.m. March 9.■ 2800 block, N St.; residence; midnight March 10.Theft ($250 plus)■ 2000 block, Wisconsin Ave.; school; 2:35 p.m. March 5.Theft (below $250)■ 3000 block, M St.; store; noon March 7.■ 37th and O streets; universi-ty; 1:40 p.m. March 7.■ 3000 block, M St.; restau-rant; 2:30 p.m. March 7.■ 1200 block, Wisconsin Ave.; store; 11:10 a.m. March 8.■ 1000 block, Wisconsin Ave.; store; 12:15 p.m. March 8.■ 1200 block, Wisconsin Ave.; store; 3:40 p.m. March 11.Theft from auto (below $250)■ 1600 block, 28th St.; street; 9 p.m. March 4.

PSA 207

Assault with a dangerous weapon■ 900 block, 17th St.; side-walk; 2 a.m. March 8.■ 17th and E streets; street; 3:56 p.m. March 10.■ 1400 block, K St.; sidewalk; 1:44 a.m. March 11.Stolen auto■ 1900 block, M St.; parking lot; 10:45 p.m. March 7.Theft ($250 plus)■ 1600 block, I St.; parking lot; 2:54 p.m. March 5.Theft (below $250)■ 1900 block, M St.; tavern/nightclub; 12:50 a.m. March 5.■ 1800 block, M St.; office building; 10 a.m. March 5.■ 2100 block, H St.; university; 3 p.m. March 5.■ 1800 block, K St.; store; 9:45 a.m. March 6.

■ 2100 block, H St.; store; 10:30 a.m. March 6.■ 1100 block, 17th St.; restau-rant; 2:45 p.m. March 8.■ 800 block, 21st St.; universi-ty; 3:30 p.m. March 8.■ 900 block, 23rd St.; medical facility; 11 a.m. March 9.■ 1700 block, L St.; unspeci-fied premises; 12:40 p.m. March 9.■ 2400 block, Pennsylvania Ave.; church; 4:30 p.m. March 10.Theft (shoplifting)■ 1100 block, Vermont Ave.; store; 11:19 p.m. March 8.

PSA 208

Robbery (force and violence)■ 1500 block, Rhode Island Ave.; hotel; 10:55 p.m. March 5.Assault with a dangerous weapon (knife)■ 1200 block, 18th St.; side-walk; 3 a.m. March 10.Assault with a dangerous weapon (other)■ Unit block, Dupont Circle; sidewalk; 9:45 p.m. March 7.■ 18th and N streets; sidewalk; 3:55 a.m. March 11.Burglary■ 1800 block, Florida Ave.; res-idence; 3:20 a.m. March 11.Stolen auto■ 1300 block, 20th St.; street; 11:50 p.m. March 8.■ 1600 block, Connecticut Ave.; alley; 8:10 p.m. March 10.Theft ($250 plus)■ 1700 block, Massachusetts Ave.; office building; 5 p.m. March 8.Theft (below $250)■ 1500 block, Rhode Island Ave.; hotel; 10 p.m. March 5.■ 1700 block, Rhode Island Ave.; sidewalk; 8:30 a.m. March 6.■ 1700 block, Rhode Island Ave.; church; 5 p.m. March 6.■ 1200 block, 22nd St.; store; 6:45 p.m. March 6.■ 1300 block, Connecticut Ave.; drugstore; 5:53 p.m. March 7.■ 1200 block, Connecticut Ave.; tavern/nightclub; 6 p.m. March 8.■ 1300 block, Connecticut Ave.; store; 6:45 p.m. March 9.■ 1700 block, Connecticut Ave.; store; 11 a.m. March 10.■ 1500 block, Connecticut Ave.; restaurant; 7 p.m. March 10.■ 1300 block, 19th St.; unspecified premises; 11 p.m. March 10.Theft from auto (below $250)■ 1700 block, 22nd St.; street; 6:30 p.m. March 5.■ 2100 block, Phelps Place; street; 5 p.m. March 6.■ 1500 block, P St.; parking lot; 12:40 p.m. March 9.■ 1700 block, Church St.; street; 4 p.m. March 9.■ 16th and P streets; street; 8:45 p.m. March 10.■ 1600 block, P St.; street;

10:30 p.m. March 10.■ 1700 block, Rhode Island Ave.; street; 12:51 a.m. March 11.

PSA 301

Robbery (fear)■ 14th and S streets; sidewalk; 8:35 p.m. March 6.Stolen auto■ 17th and Swann streets; street; 6 p.m. March 9.■ 1600 block, Riggs Place; parking lot; 9:45 p.m. March 9.Theft (below $250)■ 1900 block, 16th St.; side-walk; 6 p.m. March 4.■ 1400 block, R St.; residence; 8:30 a.m. March 5.■ 2100 block, 15th St.; store; 8:55 a.m. March 5.Theft from auto ($250 plus)■ 14th Street and Wallach Place; street; 10 a.m. March 7.Theft from auto (below $250)■ 1600 block, Swann St.; street; 4:30 p.m. March 5.■ 1700 block, Riggs Place; street; 12:01 a.m. March 7.■ 1400 block, Swann St.; street; 11:30 a.m. March 8.■ 1500 block, Corcoran St.; street; 11:40 a.m. March 8.■ 15th and S streets; street; 12:50 p.m. March 8.■ 1700 block, S St.; street; 9:15 p.m. March 9.

PSA 303

Robbery (force and violence)■ 18th Street and Kalorama Road; street; 1:30 a.m. March 10.Burglary■ 2000 block, 19th St.; school; 7:10 p.m. March 4.Theft (below $250)■ 1700 block, Columbia Road; unspecified premises; 7:40 p.m. March 9.Theft from auto (below $250)■ 19th Street and Kalorama Road; street; 8 p.m. March 5.■ 1900 block, Calvert St.; street; 3 p.m. March 10.

PSA 307

Robbery (fear)■ 1100 block, O St.; sidewalk; 11:30 a.m. March 9.Robbery (pocketbook snatch)■ 1300 block, Rhode Island Ave.; sidewalk; 5:48 p.m. March 5.Robbery (attempt)■ 1700 block, Vermont Ave.; street; 7:05 p.m. March 6.Theft (below $250)■ 1100 block, 14th St.; hotel; 3:30 a.m. March 9.■ 1100 block, 14th St.; side-walk; 7:15 p.m. March 9.Theft from auto (below $250)■ 1300 block, Q St.; street; 9:30 a.m. March 6.■ 1300 block, N St.; street; 3:30 p.m. March 8.■ 1500 block, Kingman Place; street; 6:30 p.m. March 8.■ 1600 block, 13th St.; street; 9:30 p.m. March 9.

psa 204■ MassachUsetts avenUe heights / cleveland parkwoodley park / glover park / cathedral heights

psa 206■ georgetown / bUrleith

psa 207■ Foggy bottoM / west end

psa 208■ sheridan-kaloraMadUpont circle

psa 303■ adaMs Morgan

psa 307■ logan circle

psa 301■ dUpont circlepsa 101

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By BRIAN KAPURCurrent Staff Writer

Prior to scrimmages Saturday, School Without Walls coach Meg Kennedy reminded her girls lacrosse team of the rules and told the squad to ask referees if they had questions. But despite the just-starting-out pep talk, the team is leaps and bounds beyond where it was last spring, when it was first forming. Saturday was a big day for the Penguins, who participated in three scrimmages at Bishop McNamara as they made final prepa-rations for their inaugural season. Walls spent last season drumming up interest and practic-ing, but on March 20 they will take on Wilson in their first game. “There’s a really steep learning curve with lacrosse,” said Kennedy. “It starts off a little slow, but once they get it you see it immedi-ately. They’re coming along [well]. Every day, I see improvement.” Walls joins Wilson and Ballou as the only public schools in the city with a girls lacrosse program. Lacrosse is regarded as the fastest growing sports in the country; a 2011 report published by sporting goods manufacturers backed that claim. Last season, Walls played in only one scrimmage, against Wilson. The match went well for the upstart Penguins, who held Wilson to just eight goals. “We lost, but we kept the score under 10 — which is ideal in lacrosse,” said Kennedy.

In that past scrimmage, the Penguins couldn’t muster a goal. But during Saturday’s scrimmage rematch against Wilson, Walls scored several goals and looked primed to compete. The team will look to sophomores Christina Alcorta and Dysis Scarlett to lead the way on the field. Freshman Brett Isaacs is another player who has stepped up for the Penguins. “To be honest, they are all stepping up,” said Kennedy. “Those are just a few of the players that are getting stronger by the minute. They are all stepping up just by putting them-selves out there.”


After leading Visitation to four consecutive Independent School League basketball cham-pionships, senior Kate Gillespie was named D.C.’s Gatorade Player of the Year last week. According to a news release, the award is given to those who display athletic excellence and high academic achievement. On the bas-ketball court, Gillespie led the Cubs to a 25-4 record, while averaging 21 points, 11.3 rebounds, 4.9 assists and 3.1 steals. At school, she has a 4.16 GPA and has participated in community service projects. Gillespie is the first Cubs basketball player to earn the award, according to the release. Former winners in the District include St. John’s’ Mooriah Rowser last year; Taylor Hilton, who won while playing for Sidwell in 2009; and Marissa Coleman, who received the honor while at St. John’s in 2004 and then led the University of Maryland, College Park to a national championship in 2006. Gillespie’s decorated career includes three all-ISL conference awards, three ISL tourna-ment championships and four regular-season titles. The senior will play for Holy Cross next season, which competes in the Patriot League. That means Gillespie will get a chance to play in the District once a year when her school

competes against American University. Gillespie is now a finalist for the national Gatorade Player of the Year award, which will be announced later this month. Past winners include WNBA stars Candace Parker, Diana Taurasi, Maya Moore and Lisa Leslie.

Athletics in northwest wAshington March 14, 2012 ■


For nearly two decades in D.C., Wilson baseball has been synony-mous with winning, as the team has racked up 19 consecutive D.C. Interscholastic Athletic Association titles. The Tigers come into 2012 with Jimmy Silk tak-ing over as head coach, inheriting a loaded team and a stable program. “I’m extremely excit-ed,” Silk said. “We have a great group of seniors. We have some underclassmen who are exceptionally tal-ented and very intelligent. It really speaks volumes for the program that I walked into.” Silk takes over Wilson’s varsity baseball program after playing col-lege ball for George Washington University, coaching Little League and heading Wilson’s junior varsity team. “I’ve always wanted to coach high school ball. It’s where I’ve wanted to be for the last nine years,” said Silk. “I’m thrilled to be here.”

The new skipper prefers to place attention on his players and their growth rather than records. “We aren’t focused on [wins] and [losses],” said Silk. “I want these kids to go to college and play ball. At the end of the day, as long

as these kids are getting better, that’s all I care about. The wins will come naturally as long as the kids are working hard.” Senior shortstop Robinson Mateo is the lone college recruit on the squad. The senior will play for Southern University next season. “He’s as humble as they come,” said Silk. “He’s the type of kid who shows up and works hard every

day. He sets an example for the underclassmen. He’s a tremendous player and a very intelligent guy.”

Silk and the Tigers are still try-ing to figure out exactly who will emerge as leaders on the pitching staff, but he believes he sees sev-

eral potential options.“We have five to six

guys who can throw well,” said Silk. “They all throw strikes. Right now, we are going by committee, but as the season goes on the proof will be in the pud-ding.”

On offense, Silk was also hesitant to name any standouts but believes his talent pool should provide plenty of scoring as the season progresses. “They look great,” said

Silk. “It’s tough because it’s March. If you ask me in a month, I’ll have a much better idea. Hitting-wise, it’s tough because you can only get outside so often.” The Tigers opened the season yesterday against Bell. Wilson will scrimmage against Bowie at Fort Reno at 4 p.m. today, and then they will host Roosevelt on Friday at 4 p.m.

New coach takes over Wilson baseball

Matt Petros/The CurrentJimmy Silk, above, is taking over the Wilson basebal team, which has won 19 straight DCIAA titles. Silk played college ball for George Washington University and has coached the junior varsity Tiger squad.

Visi senior takes Gatorade honor

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Matt Petros/The CurrentPlayer of the year Kate Gillespie finished with a school record of 1,887 points.

Brian Kapur/The CurrentAfter practicing for a year, the Penguins will play their first varsity schedule.

Walls preps for first girls lax season

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After winning the Independent School League cham-pionship last year, Visitation’s softball team enters this season with a particularly young roster that includes just three seniors. Despite their youth, the Cubs believe their team will develop into a contender. “It’s a little bit tougher this year, but we will be every bit as competitive,” said Cubs head coach Mary Colan. The toughest player to replace from last year’s cham-pionship squad will be graduated pitcher Katie Kolbe, who racked up more than 1,000 strikeouts in four years. The Cubs have a youthful pitching staff with several promising arms that will try to fill the void. The hope-fuls consist of junior Kate Silk, freshman Caitlyn Fischer and a pair of sophomores, Katie B. English and Amanda Pierce. “It’s tough, but we have a lot of young talent,” said Colan. “All of our pitchers are underclassmen. They’re adequate, but inexperienced. But it’s something we are working on.” On offense, the Cubs have a slew of strong hitters. Senior Abby Peterson, sophomore Juliet Lewis and Fischer will be relied upon to lay the lumber and put up runs. “I think we have some strong bats,” said Colan. The Cubs haven’t had much practice time together this season, and it showed in their season opener Monday at Paul VI. Visitation lost 11-1 in five innings. “It’s been really tough to get practice time and to get the team playing together,” said Colan. “I think we will

be ready for the ISL when the time comes.” The Cubs will open conference play Thursday at 4 p.m. at National Cathedral.

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Matt Petros/The CurrentThe Cubs’ young pitching staff will have to work hard to replace graduated slinger Katie Kolbe.


After a rare losing season, the St. Albans baseball team is poised to bounce back in the Interstate Athletic Conference. “We’re looking to play in the championship of our league,” said coach Jason Larocque. “If we can make it to that championship, we’re in good shape. Anyone can win in that one game, and we are hoping to take home the banner. We just want to compete and be in games late.” The Bulldogs traveled to Potomac School for a friendly pre-season scrimmage last Wednesday and ended up dominating the Panthers 4-1, which further cement-ed the team’s optimism. But reach-ing their goals will mean a lot of hard work for the Bulldogs.

“Last year was a big disappoint-ment. … We finished up with an 11-20 year,” said Larocque. “It was our first down year in six or seven years. … It’s a gut-check time for us to see what we are teaching as coaches and to see what we are giv-ing as an effort as players. It’s back to the drawing board.” Princeton-bound senior pitcher Danny Bodurian will lead the Bulldogs both on the mound and at-bat. And St. Albans has plenty of pitching depth to back him up. Senior Danny Swad is the team’s other starting pitcher, while a pair of promising sophomore arms, Jimmy Swad and Nico Boyajian, will bol-ster the effort, according to Larocque. On the offensive side, the Bulldogs plan to use a small-ball style to put up runs.

“We’re going to have to execute a lot of plays,” said Larocque. “We’re going to have to move the ball around, steal and sacrifice. We aren’t going to be able to rely on doubles. “ Bodurian will likely hit third, while junior outfielder Mike McCurdy and senior outfielder John Buck will also provide strong bats in the lineup. “This year, we have a lot of really good seniors, juniors and sophomores coming back,” said Larocque. “We have some quality arms — I think we’re in good shape.” The Bulldogs will host a scrim-mage Saturday against Maryland’s Whitman High School before open-ing the season at Musselman High School in West Virginia on March 21.

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Coming off its first winning season in a 12-year his-tory, Wilson’s girls lacrosse team hopes to continue to build and grab more wins against private schools. “It was a good year,” said coach Mitch Gore. “We continued to improve. We beat Maret. When you can start beating some of the private school teams, [that’s a good thing].” Girls lacrosse continues to grow among public schools in the District, with Wilson leading the way. School Without Walls will compete in varsity games this spring for the first time, while Ballou is entering its second season. The Tigers hope to string together back-to-back win-

ning seasons with a roster consisting of both youth and experience. “I’m excited,” said Gore. “We’ve lost six girls to jobs and internships, but we’ve brought in about five or six freshmen who are already contributing. Lindsey Downing, who is on our basketball team, is quite a lacrosse player.” Senior Rebeca Gore is the team’s only senior who may continue at the college level. The senior has been courted by Messiah College in Grantham, Pa., but she hasn’t decided if she will play in college. “Between our strong senior leadership and good new incoming players, I feel that we will be competitive in every game,” said coach Gore. Wilson will open the season at Wheaton Thursday at 4 p.m.

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When Wesley Heights resi-dent Kristina Kern was a kid, she and her mom

loved to eat popcorn — sometimes for dinner. “We would have popcorn dinner nights where we would hang out and chat and just bond and eat,” she said. As a mom now herself, Kern likes to continue the tradition with her daughter — though with the popcorn as a treat rather than a full meal. And they’ve taken their snacking to the next level. “Stella … and I started a tradi-tion where we do movie night every Friday night,” Kern said. “And then we just started playing with infu-sions and olive oils.” Those infusions are now avail-able outside the family’s kitchen as well: Last month, former caterer Kern launched Stella’s PopKern, a food truck selling eight varieties of popcorn. As of Friday, the choices — which will change regularly — were dark French chocolate drizzled with sea salt, caramel, salted cara-mel, cheddar, cheddar with Old Bay seasoning, clarified butter and two choices with flavored olive oils. The popcorn is cooked in white coconut oil, a method that Kern said allows it to best absorb flavor. Prices range from $2.75 for a small popcorn with clarified butter and sea salt to $9.50 for a large tub with the French chocolate. Kern has long been part of the D.C. culinary world, working for years for caterers like Design Cuisine, but she recently decided to make a career change. She consid-ered opening a “brick-and-mortar” shop, but was concerned about how the time required would impact her daughter. Now she has a business that still takes up plenty of her time, but it can also be set aside — or parked! — at the end of the day so she can spend the evening with Stella. And Kern has found that working a food truck involves all the aspects of

catering that she enjoyed. “It affords me the opportunity to travel around the city … and inter-act with people, which is what I love,” she said. “I love watching people be super-excited by what they have in their mouth because of me.” She seems to be getting that chance a lot lately. Though Kern is modest — “You’re only as good as the last meal you serve or the last bag of popcorn I’ve popped,” she said — she acknowledged that she thinks customers “are definitely pleased” with her offerings. Within three weeks, her Twitter following (where customers can check her frequently changing loca-tion) has shot up nearly tenfold, from about 40 followers the first day to 367 on Monday. And she says business is brisk at various spots, particularly Farragut North, Metro Center and Union Station. For more information, visit face-book.com/stellaspopkern or follow the truck on Twitter by searching for @stellaspopkern.

New Georgetown boutique offers handmade jewelry The new Georgetown boutique Duo is named for the pair behind it: Twenty-seven-year-old Kyle Barber and her younger sister, Elizabeth. But so far, Kyle is the sibling working the floor. “She’s actually living in Cincinnati for the time being, with her husband,” Kyle said of

Elizabeth. “She comes home about every two weeks.” Despite the geographic chal-lenge, both of the McLean-born sis-ters have been involved in the proj-ect. Kyle says Elizabeth is the busi-ness mind, while she’s the creative. And the idea of opening a shop came from years of sisterly imagin-

ing: “It’s always some-thing we had talked about — but in the abstract, not in reality,” said Kyle.

That talk began to shift toward reality when Kyle started making jewelry a cou-ple years back. She was selling her pieces with ease — “It’s so hard to find jewelry that’s unique and

interesting, and statement pieces that are not $400” — and she want-ed a physical space. Last month, the pair opened Duo at 1624 Wisconsin Ave. The shop offers a carefully curated selection of clothing by designers including Cynthia Cluny, The Addison Story, Amanda Uprichard, Ali Ro and Dolce Vita. Tops start at about $50, and dresses top out at $275. Hanging throughout the store is Kyle’s jewelry. The selection includes earrings and bracelets, but Kyle really shines when it comes to big, chunky necklaces. “I try to do a little bit of each,” she said. “But creatively, I kind of lean toward necklaces.” The craft also gives her some-thing to do in the downtime of manning the shop — particularly since the other half of her duo is 500 miles away. For details, visit duodc.com.

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Bill Petros/The CurrentWesley Heights resident Kristina Kern has opened a popcorn food truck.

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Wednesday, March 14

Class ■TheGuyMasonCommunityCenterandMacombRecreationCenterwillhost“Wednesday’sChef:SevenServingsofHealthyRecipesandTips,”aseven-ses-sionclassfeaturinglocalchefsandotherguests.7to8:30p.m.$8perclass.GuyMasonCommunityCenter,3600CalvertSt.NW.202-727-7736.The series will continue March 28, April 11, April 25, May 9, May 23 and June 13.

Concerts ■SopranoMeganMonaghan,tenorValeRideoutandbaritoneRandallScarlatawillperformLoriLaitman’sartsongsandascenefromheropera“TheScarletLetter.”7:30p.m.Free;reserva-tionsrequired.NationalMuseumofWomenintheArts,1250NewYorkAve.NW.202-783-7370. ■“JazzattheAtlas”willfeatureAndrewCyrille’s21stCenturyBigBandUnlimited.8p.m.$15to$25.AtlasPerformingArtsCenter,1333HSt.NE.202-399-7993.

Discussions and lectures ■GeorgeDysonwilldiscusshisbook“Turing’sCathedral:TheOriginsoftheDigitalUniverse.”5p.m.Free.BairdAuditorium,NationalMuseumofNaturalHistory,10thStreetandConstitutionAvenueNW.202-633-1000. ■KarenStohr,associateprofessorofphilosophyatGeorgetownUniversity,willdiscuss“Faith:JourneyforaLifetime”aspartoftheLentenReflectionSeries.5to5:45p.m.Free.DahlgrenChapeloftheSacredHeart,GeorgetownUniversity,37thandOstreetsNW.202-687-1395. ■StacyCorderywilldiscussherbook“JulietteGordonLow:TheRemarkableFounderoftheGirlScouts.”6p.m.Free.

NationalPortraitGallery,8thandFstreetsNW.202-633-1000. ■ArizonaStateUniversityprofessorDanielChilderswilldiscuss“UrbanSustainabilityinthe21stCentury”aspartofthe“OntheEdge:UrbanSustainability”lectureseries.6:30p.m.Free;reserva-tionsrequired.Room208,White-GravenorHall,GeorgetownUniversity,[email protected]. ■TikiDaviesandToddPurdumwilldiscusstheirbook“ChinaHand.”7p.m.Free.PoliticsandProse,5015ConnecticutAve.NW.202-364-1919. ■GeorgetownUniversityprofessorB.G.Muhnwilldiscuss“ImagesoftheHiddenCity:LifeandArtinPyongyang,”abouthisrecentresearchtriptotheNorthKoreancapital.7:30p.m.Free.Auditorium,InterculturalCenter,GeorgetownUniversity,[email protected].

Films ■InconjunctionwiththeEnvironmentalFilmFestivalintheNation’sCapital,theTenley-FriendshipNeighborhoodLibrarywillpresentthe2010film“WaterontheTable”andthe2011film“ChasingWater.”AdiscussionwithNationalResourcesDefenseCouncilseniorattorneySteveFleischliwillfollow.6:30p.m.Free.Tenley-FriendshipNeighborhoodLibrary,4450WisconsinAve.NW.dcenvironmentalfilmfest.org.The festival will continue through March 25 with screenings at various venues. ■TheJapanInformationandCultureCenterwillpresentYuriNomura’s2009film“Eatrip,”aboutcontemporaryJapanesefoodcultureasseenthroughtheexperiencesofpeoplefromdifferentwalksoflife.6:30p.m.Free;reservationsrequired.JapanInformationandCultureCenter,[email protected]. ■NationalGeographicwillpresentthefilm“WarElephants,”followedbyadiscus-sionwithelephantresearcherJoycePoole,filmmakerBobPoolandNational

GeographicTelevisionseniorproducerDavidHamlin.7:30p.m.$10.GrosvenorAuditorium,NationalGeographic,1600MSt.NW.202-857-7700. ■TheLionsofCzechFilmserieswillfeatureAliceNellis’2010film“Mamas&Papas,”abouttheintertwin-ingfateoffourcouplesinacriticalmomentoftheirlives.8p.m.$11;$9forstudents;$8.25forseniors;$8forages12andyounger.AvalonTheatre,5612ConnecticutAve.NW.202-966-6000.

Thursday,March15

Book signing ■FrancesMayeswillsigncopiesofherbook“TheTuscanSunCookbook.”6p.m.Free.Williams-Sonoma,MazzaGallerie,5300WisconsinAve.NW.202-237-1602.

Class ■KristaZemberofBEyogawillleadanintroductory“MixedLevelYoga”class,at6:15p.m.;anda“VeryGentleYoga”class,at7:30p.m.Free;$125fortherestofthe10-weeksession.ChurchoftheAnnunciation,3810MassachusettsAve.NW.202-689-5945.

Concerts ■Singer/guitaristConorMalonewillperformIrishmelodiesinconjunctionwithanexhibitofPeteMcCutchen’sphotos.5to8p.m.Free;reservationsrequired.TouchstoneGallery,[email protected]. ■TheNationalSymphonyOrchestraYouthFellowswillperformclassicalworks.6p.m.Free.MillenniumStage,KennedyCenter.202-467-4600. ■TheNationalSymphonyOrchestrawillperformBeethoven’s“Fidelio”incon-certwithsingersandchorus.7p.m.$20

to$85.ConcertHall,KennedyCenter.202-467-4600.The performance will repeat Saturday at 8 p.m.

Discussions and lectures ■AndyShallal,founderofBusboysandPoets,willdiscuss“TheRoleofBusinessinCommunityBuilding.”11:30a.m.$30.Woman’sNationalDemocraticClub,1526NewHampshireAve.NW.202-232-7363. ■RobertPaarlberg,professorofpoliti-calscienceatWellesleyCollegeandauthorof“FoodPolitics:WhatEveryoneNeedstoKnow,”willdiscuss“TheCultureWarOverFoodandFarming:WhoIsWinning?”Free;reservationsrequired.KenneyAuditorium,NitzeBuilding,JohnsHopkinsUniversitySchoolofAdvancedInternationalStudies,1740MassachusettsAve.NW.202-663-5641. ■AmandaSmithwilldiscussherbook“NewspaperTitan:TheInfamousLifeandMonumentalTimesofCissyPatterson.”Noon.Free.MontpelierRoom,MadisonBuilding,LibraryofCongress,101IndependenceAve.SE.202-707-5221. ■JournalistandhistorianPaolaCaridiwilldiscussherbook“Hamas:FromResistancetoGovernment.”12:30p.m.Free;reservationsrequired.Room270,InterculturalCenter,GeorgetownUniversity,37thandOstreetsNW.caridihamas.eventbrite.com. ■JonSchmitz,archivistandhistorianattheChautauquaInstitutioninNewYork,willdiscuss“Women’sRolesintheChautauquaIdea.”2to4p.m.Free.GeneralFederationofWomen’sClubs,1734NSt.NW.202-347-3168. ■JaneHarman,director,presidentandchiefexecutiveofficeroftheWoodrowWilsonInternationalCenterforScholars,willdiscuss“ToughForeignPolicyIssuesandWhyWashingtonCan’tSolveThem.”3:30to5p.m.Free;reservationsrequired.RiggsLibrary,HealyHall,GeorgetownUniversity,37thandOstreetsNW.iden2012.eventbrite.com. ■BishopThomasJ.Curry,auxiliarybishopfortheArchdioceseofLosAngeles,willdiscuss“ReligiousLiberty,Conscience,andContraception.”5to7p.m.Free.Auditorium,CaldwellHall,CatholicUniversity,620MichiganAve.NE.202-319-5683. ■Agallerytalkwillfocuson“PhotosandKimonos.”6and7p.m.$12;$10for

seniorsandstudents;freeforages18andyounger.PhillipsCollection,160021stSt.NW.202-387-2151. ■RosemarieTerenziowilldiscussherbook“FairyTaleInterrupted:AMemoirofLife,Love,andLoss.”6:30p.m.Free.Barnes&Noble,55512thSt.NW.202-347-0176. ■UfukKocabas,directorofIstanbulUniversity’sYenikapiShipwrecksProject,willdiscuss“TheTreasureBelow:ExcavatingattheAncientPortofConstantinople.”6:45to8:15p.m.$20.S.DillonRipleyCenter,1100JeffersonDriveSW.202-633-3030. ■MichaelMann,leadauthorofthe2001reportbytheU.N.IntergovernmentalPanelonClimateChange,willdiscusshisbook“TheHockeyStickandtheClimateWars:DispatchesFromtheFrontLines.”7p.m.Free.PoliticsandProse,5015ConnecticutAve.NW.202-364-1919. ■JodiPicoultwilldiscusshernovel“LoneWolf.”7p.m.$28.Sixth&IHistoricSynagogue,600ISt.NW.sixthandi.org. ■GabrielaPerez-Baez,curatorattheNationalMuseumofNaturalHistory,willdiscuss“TheRelevanceofLanguageChoicesNegotiatedbyParentsandChildrenfortheSurvivalofanEndangeredLanguage.”7:30p.m.Free.BowenCenterfortheStudyoftheFamily,4400MacArthurBlvd.NW.202-965-4400.

Films ■TheNationalGalleryofArtwillpres-entSteveElkins’2010film“TheReachofResonance.”12:30p.m.Free.EastBuildingAuditorium,NationalGalleryofArt,4thStreetandConstitutionAvenueNW.202-737-4215.The film will be shown again Friday at 12:30 p.m. ■AspartoftheEnvironmentalFilmFestivalintheNation’sCapital,theSt.Columba’sEpiscopalChurchEnvironmentCommitteewillpresentRobbieGemmel’s2011film“CapeSpin:AnAmericanPowerStruggle,”aboutthe10-yearstruggleoverawindfarmplannedforNantucketSound.Apaneldiscussionwillfollow.7p.m.$5donationsuggested.St.Columba’sEpiscopalChurch,4201AlbemarleSt.NW.dcenvironmentalfilmfest.org. ■TheEmbassyofAustriawillpresentKlausFeichtenberger’sfilm“RadioactiveWolves,”aboutwildlifeintheareaaroundChernobyl.7:30p.m.Free;reservationsrequired.EmbassyofAustria,3524InternationalCourtNW.202-895-6776.

Performances ■LePetitCirquewillpresentapoeticsolocircusperformanceofobjectsandtoysinmotion,animatedbyFrenchartistLaurentBigot.11a.m.and2p.m.Free.EastBuildingSmallAuditorium,NationalGalleryofArt,4thStreetandConstitutionAvenueNW.202-737-4215.The perfor-mance will repeat Friday at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. ■ChoreographerChristopherK.Morganwillpresentasuiteofshortvignettes.6:30p.m.$20;reservationsrequired.PhillipsCollection,160021stSt.NW.phillipscollection.org/calendar. ■KatonaJózsefTheatrewillpresent“Gypsies,”aboutthelove,tensionsandconflictsthatariseamongGypsymusi-ciansandHungariansinthecountryside.7:30p.m.$25to$50.EisenhowerTheater,KennedyCenter.202-467-4600.The performance will repeat Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m.

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Wednesday, marCh 14■Concert:Australiansinger,song-writerandguitaristFrankYammawillperform.6p.m.Free.MillenniumStage,KennedyCenter.202-467-4600.

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willpresent“FullyCharged,”athrill-filledcircusspectacular.10:30a.m.and7:30p.m.$14to$35.VerizonCenter,601FSt.NW.202-397-7328.Performances will repeat Friday at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday at 11:30 a.m., 3:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. ■The“WeKnowDC”competitionwillfeaturethree-studentteamsfromD.C.publichighschoolsdemonstratingtheirknowledgeofhistoricandcontemporaryD.C.elections,governmentandpoliticalmilestones.1:30to3:30p.m.Free.RoomA-5,MartinLutherKingJr.MemorialLibrary,901GSt.NW.202-387-2966.

Friday,March16

Concerts ■TheFridayMorningMusicClubwillpresentaconcertofworksbyBeethoven,MozartandFauré.Noon.Free.CalvaryBaptistChurch,7558thSt.NW.202-333-2075. ■TheMorehouseCollegeGleeClubwillperformspirituals,gospelandYorubaselections.Noon.Free.MartinLutherKingJr.MemorialLibrary,901GSt.NW.202-727-1261. ■ChristopherGage,master’sdegreecandidateattheEastmanSchoolofMusic,willpresentanorganrecitalfeatur-ingworksbyMaxReger,C.M.WidorandJohannesMatthiasMichel.12:15p.m.Free.NationalCityChristianChurch,5ThomasCircleNW.202-797-0103. ■AspartoftheFridayMusicSeries,thebandSahelwillperformmusicoftheAfricandiaspora.1:15p.m.Free.McNeirHall,GeorgetownUniversity,37thandOstreetsNW.202-687-3838. ■TheNationalSymphonyOrchestrawillperformworksbyJohannStraussJr.andbrotherJosef,includingtheovertureto“DieFledermaus.”1:30p.m.$20to$85.ConcertHall,KennedyCenter.202-467-4600. ■MembersoftheNationalSymphonyOrchestrawillperformaprogramaspartoftheKennedyCenter’sfestival“TheMusicofBudapest,Prague,andVienna.”6p.m.Free.MillenniumStage,KennedyCenter.202-467-4600. ■TheWashingtonPerformingArtsSocietywillpresentthe50thanniver-sarytourofTheChieftanswithPaddyMoloney.8p.m.$28to$65.ConcertHall,KennedyCenter.202-467-4600. ■TheFolgerConsortandsopranoMicheleKennedywillpresent“TheSongbird:FrancescaCacciniattheMediciCourt.”8p.m.$35.FolgerShakespeareLibrary,201EastCapitolSt.SE.202-544-7077.The concert will repeat Saturday at 5 and 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m.

Discussions and lectures ■Panelistswilldiscuss“TheAftermathofFukushimaDai-IchiReactorAccident.”10a.m.tonoon.Free;reservationsrequired.CityViewRoom,ElliottSchoolofInternationalAffairs,GeorgeWashingtonUniversity,1957ESt.NW.bit.ly/ztvq0j. ■JosephFruscionewilldiscusshisbook“FaulknerandHemingway:BiographyofaLiteraryRivalry.”Noon.

Free.DiningRoomA,MadisonBuilding,LibraryofCongress,101IndependenceAve.SE.202-707-2138. ■CarenPauley,amuseumvisitorser-vicescoordinator,willdiscussan18th-centurytankardmadebyprominentNewYorksilversmithMyerMyers.12:30p.m.Free.SocietyoftheCincinnati,2118MassachusettsAve.NW.202-785-2040. ■ShaliniVajjhala,theU.S.EnvironmentalProtectionAgency’sspecialrepresentativetotheU.S.-BrazilJointInitiativeonUrbanSustainability,willdis-cussthetwocountries’partnershipforgreenurbandevelopment.12:30p.m.Free;reservationsrequired.Room806,RomeBuilding,JohnsHopkinsUniversitySchoolofAdvancedStudies,[email protected]. ■DavidC.Schindler,associateprofes-sorofphilosophyatVillanovaUniversity,willdiscuss“FreedomasActuality:Hegel’sCritiqueoftheWillasthePowertoChoose.”2p.m.Free.Auditorium,AquinasHall,CatholicUniversity,620MichiganAve.NE.202-319-5259. ■ThomasOatley,associateprofessorofpoliticalscienceattheUniversityofNorthCarolinaatChapelHill,andJanaGrittersova,assistantprofessorofpoliticalscienceandeconomicsattheUniversityofCaliforniaatRiverside,willdiscuss“ThePoliticalEconomyofAmericanHegemony.”2p.m.Free;reservationsrequired.Room500,Bernstein-OffitBuilding,JohnsHopkinsUniversitySchoolofAdvancedInternationalStudies,1717MassachusettsAve.NW.eventbrite.com/event/3057108895. ■MarkWilde-Ramsing,NorthCarolina’sdeputystatearchaeologist,willdiscuss“‘SheRises’:ArchaeologicalTalesFromQueenAnne’sRevenge,SunkenFlagshipofBlackbeardthePirate.”2:10p.m.Free.Room175,MaloneyHall,CatholicUniversity,620MichiganAve.NE.202-319-5080. ■Panelistswilldiscuss“Russia’sEnergyPolicy:DomesticandForeignDimensions.”3to5:45p.m.Free;reserva-tionsrequired.Room602,ElliottSchoolofInternationalAffairs,GeorgeWashingtonUniversity,1957ESt.NW.tinyurl.com/PanelGWU. ■ElainePagels,professorofreligionatPrincetonUniversity,willdiscussherbook“Revelations:Visions,Prophecy,andPoliticsintheBookofRevelation.”7p.m.Free.PoliticsandProse,5015ConnecticutAve.NW.202-364-1919.

Films ■TheInter-AmericanDevelopmentBankwillpresenttheD.C.debutofFedericoVeiroj’s2010film“AUsefulLife,”aboutamovie-theateremployeewhomustadjusttoanewlifeafterthecinemaheworkedatformorethan25yearsis

forcedtoshutdown.6:30p.m.Free.Inter-AmericanDevelopmentBankCulturalCenter,1300NewYorkAve.NW.202-623-3558. ■CinemaNightwillfeatureGeorgeClooney’s2005film“GoodNight,andGoodLuck,”aboutthecon-flictbetweenveteranjournal-istEdwardR.MurrowandU.S.Sen.JosephMcCarthy.7p.m.$5to$15.Woman’sNationalDemocraticClub,1526NewHampshireAve.NW.202-232-7363. ■“KoreanFilmFestivalDC2012:TheArtoftheMovingImageFromKorea”willfeatureParkChan-Kyong’s2011film“Anyang,ParadiseCity.”7p.m.Free.MeyerAuditorium,FreerGalleryofArt,12thStreetandIndependenceAvenueSW.202-633-1000. ■BeethovenFoundwillpresentthepremiereofthefilm“TrueBromance”withlivesymphonyaccompaniment.7:30p.m.$100.TerraceTheater,KennedyCenter.202-467-4600. ■NationalGeographicwillpresenttheD.C.premiereofAlekseiVakhrushev’sfilm“TheTundraBook:ATaleofVukvukai,theLittleRock,”aboutthelivesoftheinhabit-antsofaremoteRussianpeninsulaintheArcticCircle.7:30p.m.$10.GrosvenorAuditorium,NationalGeographic,1600MSt.NW.202-857-7700.

Performances ■TheGeorgetownUniversityChildren’sTheaterwillpresent“TheWolvesintheWalls,”basedonastorybyNeilGaiman.8p.m.Free.McNeirHall,GeorgetownUniversity,37thandOstreetsNW.202-687-3838. ■GeorgetownUniversity’sGrooveTheorywillpresent“OneMove,One

Groove,”acelebrationofhip-hopdanceculture.7:30p.m.$7.GastonHall,GeorgetownUniversity,37thandOstreetsNW.202-687-3838. ■TheGayMen’sChorusofWashingtonwillpresentanall-malever-sionof“TheRockyHorrorShow.”8p.m.$20to$50.LisnerAuditorium,GeorgeWashingtonUniversity,73021stSt.NW.gmcw.org.The performance will repeat Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 3 p.m.

Special event ■The“WineTasting101”serieswillfeatureasessiononthe“Mourvèdregrape:The‘redpearl’oftheFrenchRiviera,”ledbywinemakerCountEricdeSaintVictor.7p.m.$70.LaMaisonFrançaise,4101ReservoirRoadNW.instantseats.com.

Saturday,March17

Children’s programs ■The“SaturdayMorningattheNational”serieswillfeatureMatthewPauliin“TreasureQuest:PirateComedyandMagic.”9:30and11a.m.Free;ticketsrequired.HelenHayesGallery,NationalTheatre,1321PennsylvaniaAve.NW.202-783-3372. ■TheWeekendFamilyMatineesserieswillfeature“Titeuf,lefilm,”basedonacomiccharacter.10a.m.$5.75.AvalonTheatre,5612ConnecticutAve.NW.202-966-6000.

Classes and workshops ■ScholarSethLererwillleadaclasson“MythstoLiveBy:FromHomertoSteveJobs.”9:30a.m.to4:15p.m.S.DillonRipleyCenter,1100JeffersonDriveSW.202-633-3030. ■Ahands-onorchidworkshopwillfocuson“ToRepotorNot?”10:30a.m.tonoon.$25;reservationsrequired.HillwoodEstate,MuseumandGardens,4155LinneanAve.NW.202-686-5807.The workshop will repeat March 24 at 1 p.m. ■SuzanneFarrellwillleadamasterclasson“ExploringBallet.”11a.m.$35.RehearsalRoom,KennedyCenter.202-467-4600. ■TheKennedyCenterwillsponsor“ATasteofThreeCities,”ahands-oncookingclassandthree-coursemealfeaturingthecuisineofBudapest,PragueandVienna.11a.m.to2p.m.$100;reservationsrequired.CulinAerieCookingSchool,113114thSt.NW.202-467-4600. ■Ahands-onworkshopwillfocuson“HowtoGetYourOrchidtoRebloom.”2:30to4p.m.$25;reservationsrequired.HillwoodEstate,MuseumandGardens,4155LinneanAve.NW.202-686-5807.The workshop will repeat

March 24 at 10:30 a.m.

Concerts ■SopranoJenniferBachittaandpia-nistChoochooHuwillperform“WithinSpanishBorders:DiverseTreasuresofLanguageandSong.”1:30p.m.Free.SocietyoftheCincinnati,2118MassachusettsAve.NW.202-785-2040. ■TheSixthFloorTriowillexploretheconnectionbetweenfolkandclassicalmusic.6p.m.Free.MillenniumStage,KennedyCenter.202-467-4600. ■TheEmersonStringQuartetwillper-formworksbyBeethoven.6to8p.m.$63.BairdAuditorium,NationalMuseumofNaturalHistory,10thStreetandConstitutionAvenueNW.202-633-3030. ■SingerNancyScimonewillper-formjazzselections.7:30to11:30p.m.Free.BlueBarLounge,HenleyParkHotel,926MassachusettsAve.NW.202-638-5200. ■AconcertofPersianmusicwillfea-tureKayhanKalhoronkamancheandBehrouzJamaliontombak.7:30p.m.Free;ticketsrequired.MeyerAuditorium,FreerGalleryofArt,12thStreetandIndependenceAvenueSW.202-633-1000. ■TheMoyaBrennanBandwillper-formaSt.Patrick’sDayconcert.7:30p.m.$30.GrosvenorAuditorium,NationalGeographic,1600MSt.NW.202-857-7700. ■TheCapitalCitySymphonywillpres-ent“TogetherAgain:MozartandBrahms.”7:30p.m.$16to$25.CapitolHillPresbyterianChurch,4thStreetandIndependenceAvenueSE.202-547-1444. ■DumbartonConcertswillpresenttheAmerigoStringTrioperformingworksbyBeethovenandDohnanyi.8p.m.$33;$29forstudentsandseniors.DumbartonUnitedMethodistChurch,3133DumbartonSt.NW.202-965-2000.

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Saturday, marCh 17■Concert: TheWashingtonPerformingArtsSocietywillpresentclassicaltablavirtuosoZakirHussainandtheMastersofPercussion.3p.m.$15to$65.ConcertHall,KennedyCenter.202-467-4600.

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RenaissanceofTraditionalChineseCultureandShenYun’sArtistry.”9:30to11a.m.Free.ClevelandParkNeighborhoodLibrary,3310ConnecticutAve.NW.703-298-4856. ■TheNationalLeagueofAmericanPenWomen,DistrictofColumbiaBranch,willpresentatalkbyvisualartistLorraineOerth.1p.m.Free;reservationsrequired.PenArtsBuilding,[email protected]. ■RobertKanigel,professoremeritusofsciencewritingattheMassachusettsInstituteofTechnology,willdiscusshisbook“AnIrishIsland.”3p.m.Free.PoliticsandProse,5015ConnecticutAve.NW.202-364-1919.

Expo ■TheTravel&AdventureShowwillfeaturehands-onactivities,seminars,giveawaysandavarietyofdestinationexhibits.10a.m.to5p.m.$15;freeforages16andyounger.WalterE.WashingtonConventionCenter,801MountVernonPlaceNW.adventureexpo.com/washingtondc.The expo will continue Sunday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Films ■NationalGeographicwillpresent“EnvironmentalFilmFestival:AnAnimatedRetrospective,”featuringpopularfilmsscreenedoverthepast20years.1p.m.$8.GrosvenorAuditorium,NationalGeographic,1600MSt.NW.202-857-7700. ■TheNationalGalleryofArtwillpres-entBenRivers’2011film“SackBarrow”andJohnAkomfrah’s2011film“TheNineMuses”(shown).2p.m.Free.EastBuildingAuditorium,NationalGalleryofArt,4thStreetandConstitutionAvenueNW.202-

737-4215. ■TheNationalGalleryofArtwillpres-entRobertBresson’s1972film“FourNightsofaDreamer.”4:30p.m.Free.EastBuildingAuditorium,NationalGalleryofArt,4thStreetandConstitutionAvenueNW.202-737-4215.

Performance ■JaneFranklinDancewillpresent“DanceSampler.”5and8p.m.$20inadvance;$25atthedoor.MeltonRehearsalHall,WoollyMammothTheatreCompany,641DSt.NW.703-933-1111.

Special event ■BlackJackwillhostapre-releaseeventforPortCityBrewingCompany’sRevivalStout,abrewcreatedtohaveanaffinityforoystersandseafood.2to4p.m.$55;reservationsrequired.BlackJack,161214thSt.NW.blackjackdc.com/events-offers.

Sunday,March18

Concerts ■The35thannualBachMarathonwillfeaturerecitalsby10organists.2to6p.m.Free.ChevyChasePresbyterianChurch,1ChevyChaseCircleNW.202-363-2202. ■TheVerdehrTriowillperformworksbyBeethoven,BrahmsandDvorák.4p.m.$20.PhillipsCollection,160021stSt.NW.202-387-2151. ■TheprofessionalchoirofChristChurchwillperformworksbyHerbertSumsion,ThomasCaustunandOrlandoGibbons.5p.m.Free.ChristChurch,Georgetown,31standOstreetsNW.202-333-6677. ■TheCapitalCitySymphonywillpres-ent“TogetherAgain:MozartandBrahms.”5p.m.$16to$25.AtlasPerformingArtsCenter,1333HSt.NE.202-399-7993,ext.120. ■GuestorganistStewartScharchfromOakland,Calif.,willperform.5:15p.m.$10donationsuggested.Washington

NationalCathedral,MassachusettsandWisconsinavenuesNW.202-537-6200. ■AprogramontheVienneseWaltzwillfeaturedancelessonstaughtbyDonnaBarkerandmusicperformedbySidney’sVienneseWaltzOrchestraandfiddlerElkeBaker.Lessonat5p.m.;per-formanceandopendancingat6p.m.Free.MillenniumStage,KennedyCenter.202-467-4600. ■ViolinistCyrusForough(shown)andpianistStephenAckertwillperformworksbyBach,BeethovenandFalla.6:30p.m.Free.WestGardenCourt,NationalGalleryofArt,6thStreetandConstitutionAvenueNW.202-737-4215. ■DahlakRestaurantwillhostits

weekly“DCJazzJam”session.6:30to9:30p.m.Free.1771USt.NW.202-527-9522. ■TheSmithsonianChamberPlayersandbaritoneWilliamSharpwillperformtwoofSchumann’slyricalsongcycles.7:30to9:30p.m.$28.HallofMusicalInstruments,NationalMuseumofAmericanHistory,14thStreetandConstitutionAvenueNW.202-633-3030.

Discussions and lectures ■LaurenJoseph,directorofdevelop-mentandpublicrelationsfortheHagarcommunityinIsrael’ssoutherndesert,willdiscusshowtheArabandJewishcommu-nitiesofBeerShevaareovercoming4,000yearsofconflict.9to11a.m.Free.LangstonRoom,BusboysandPoets,202114thSt.NW.202-387-7638. ■TheSundayForumserieswillfea-tureatalkbytheRev.TomWardon“CenteringPrayer.”10a.m.Free.St.John’sEpiscopalChurch,LafayetteSquare,16thandHstreetsNW.202-347-8766. ■U.S.Sen.RoyBlunt,R-Mo.,willdis-cuss“TheStateofPoliticalPower:HowIsLeadershipExercised?”10:10a.m.Free.WashingtonNationalCathedral,MassachusettsandWisconsinavenuesNW.202-537-6200. ■CraigClunas,professorofhistoryofartattheUniversityofOxford,willdiscuss“TheGentleman”aspartofalectureserieson“ChinesePaintingandItsAudiences.”2p.m.Free.EastBuildingAuditorium,NationalGalleryofArt,4thStreetandConstitutionAvenueNW.202-737-4215.A video of the lecture will be shown Wednesday at noon. ■TheSibleySeniorAssociationandthePreventionofBlindnessSocietyofMetropolitanWashingtonMacularDegenerationNetworkwillpresentatalkbyNinaGlasneron“TheEmotionalImpactofFadingSight.”2to3:30p.m.Free.MedicalBuilding,SibleyMemorialHospital,5215LoughboroRoadNW.301-538-9358. ■FayeMoskowitz,professorofcre-ativewritingandJewishAmericanlitera-tureatGeorgeWashingtonUniversity,willdiscussherbook“AndtheBridgeIsLove.”2:30p.m.Free.WashingtonDCJewishCommunityCenter,152916thSt.NW.washingtondcjcc.org/authorsoutloud. ■EllenCassedywilldiscussherbook“WeAreHere:MemoriesoftheLithuanianHolocaust.”5p.m.Free.PoliticsandProse,5015ConnecticutAve.NW.202-364-1919.

Films ■BalletinCinemawillpresenttheBolshoiBallet’sstagingof“LeCorsaire.”11a.m.$20.WestEndCinema,23rdStreetbetweenMandNstreetsNW.202-419-3456.The film will be shown again Tuesday at 7 p.m. ■“KoreanFilmFestivalDC2012:TheArtoftheMovingImageFromKorea”willfeatureKimHyun-Seok’s2010film“CyranoAgency.”2p.m.Free.MeyerAuditorium,FreerGalleryofArt,12thStreetandIndependenceAvenueSW.202-633-1000. ■TheEnvironmentalFilmFestivalintheNation’sCapitalwillpresentGaryMarcuse’sdocumentary“WakingtheGreenTiger,”aboutacampaigntostopahugedamprojectontheupperYangtzeRiverinsouthwesternChina.5p.m.Free;

reservationsrequired.HillCenterattheOldNavalHospital,921PennsylvaniaAve.SE.202-549-4172.

Performance ■“SundayKindofLove”willfeatureemergingandestablishedpoets,followedbyanopen-micsegment.5to7p.m.Free.LangstonRoom,BusboysandPoets,202114thSt.NW.202-387-7638.

Sporting event ■TheDCRollergirlswillpresentmatchesbetweentheDCAll-StarsandQueenCityofNewYorkandbetweentheCherryBlossomBombshellsandScareForceOne.4p.m.$12;$6forages6through11;freeforages5andyounger.D.C.Armory,[email protected].

Walks and tours ■AparkrangerwillofferalookatthelandscapesurroundingRockCreekandpointoutevidenceofagesgoneby.2p.m.Free.PeirceMill,TildenStreetandBeachDriveNW.202-895-6070. ■Aparkrangerwillpresent“GeorgetownThroughTime,”abouttheneighborhood’stransformationovertime2p.m.Free.GeorgetownWaterfrontPark,WisconsinAvenueandKStreetNW.202-895-6070.

Monday,March19

Concerts ■TheWestminsterSchoolsOrchestrawillperformmusicbyAmericancompos-ers.4p.m.Free.WestGardenCourt,NationalGalleryofArt,6thStreetandConstitutionAvenueNW.202-737-4215. ■TheSchoolWithoutWallsandWilsonHighSchoolconcertchoirswillper-formclassical,spiritual,jazzandBroadwayselections.6p.m.Free.MillenniumStage,KennedyCenter.202-467-4600. ■ItalianensembleL’ArpeggiataandvocalistLucillaGaleazziwillperformChristinaPluhar’s“LaTarantella.”8p.m.Free;ticketsrequired.CoolidgeAuditorium,JeffersonBuilding,LibraryofCongress,101stSt.SE.202-707-5502.

Discussions and lectures ■Panelistswilldiscuss“NegotiatingAfghanistan:TheFutureofGenderEquality.”11a.m.to2:30p.m.Free.AbramsonFamilyFoundersRoom,SchoolofInternationalServiceBuilding,AmericanUniversity,4400MassachusettsAve.NW.american.edu/calendar. ■HenrietteS.deBruynKops,exhibi-tionsresearchassistantattheNationalGalleryofArt,willdiscuss“SixGenerationsofMoversandShakersintheDutchGoldenAge.”12:10and1:10p.m.Free.EastBuildingSmallAuditorium,NationalGalleryofArt,4thStreetandConstitutionAvenueNW.202-737-4215. ■Ward3D.C.CouncilmemberMaryChehwillspeakatameetingoftheWardCircleChapterofAARP.12:30p.m.Free.MetropolitanMemorialUnitedMethodistChurch,3401NebraskaAve.NW.202-363-4900. ■AlexanderWaugh,grandsonofBritishnovelistEvelynWaugh,willdiscussthepositiveandnegativeaspectsoftryingtopursuehisowncareerasawriterwork-ingundertheshadowofhisgrandfather’sreputation.4p.m.Free;reservations



Sunday, marCh 18■Concert:JamesLitzelman,amemberofthepianofacultyatCatholicUniversity,willpresentarecitalofworksbySchubert,ChopinandFranck.AreceptionandtheopeningofashowofwatercolorsbyRachelCollinswillfollow.4p.m.Free.MetropolitanMemorialUnitedMethodistChurch,3401NebraskaAve.NW.202-363-4900.

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“Woods,” featuring painterly photo-graphs of area for-

ests by Brightwood Park photogra-pher Terri Weifenbach, will open today at the Heurich Gallery and continue through June 12. An opening reception will take place today from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Located at 505 9th St. NW, the gallery is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. 202-223-1626.■ “En Foco/In Focus,” present-ing works by photographers of Latin American, African, Asian and Native American heritage, will open today

at the Art Museum of the Americas and continue through May 16. An opening reception will take place today at 6 p.m.

Located at 1889 F St. NW, the gallery is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. 202-463-0203.■ Studio 1469 will open an exhibit of some 17 recent figura-tive drawings by Buffalo, N.Y., artist Mike

Parker tomorrow and continue it through March 31. An opening reception will take

place tomorrow from 6 to 8 p.m., and the artist will give a talk Friday from 7 to 8 p.m. Located at 1469 Harvard St. NW, rear, the gallery is open Friday and Saturday from noon to 6 p.m. 202-518-0804.■ “Remembering Ross Merrill,” a group show of works by Washington painter and National Gallery of Art conservator Merrill and artists who participated in a commemorative paint-out last sum-mer in his memory, will open Sunday at American Painting Fine Art and continue through April 28. An artists’ reception will take place Sunday from 4 to 6 p.m. Located at 5118 MacArthur Blvd. NW, the gallery is open Wednesday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. 202-244-3244.■ “Blossom DC,” featuring prints inspired by spring’s blossoms by local artists and others, will open Friday with a reception from 5 to 8

p.m. at the Old Print Gallery and continue through May 11. Located at 1220 31st St. NW, the gallery is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. 202-965-1818.■ “Instinct of Desire,” presenting paintings by Togo-born artist Bethel Aniaku, will open Friday with a

reception from 6 to 8 p.m. at Parish Gallery and continue through April 17. Located at 1054 31st St. NW, the gallery is open Tuesday through Saturday from noon to 6 p.m. 202-994-2310.■ “The Art of Video Games,” high-

Exhibit features artist’s photos of area forests On ExhiBit

terri Weifenbach’s images of area forests will be on exhibit at the heurich Gallery through June 12.

The Mead Theatre Lab at Flashpoint and Tattooed Potato theater company will

present the world premiere of “The Nightmare Dreamer” March 16 through April 7. Imagine a character who dreams other people’s nightmares for them.

What does it mean to give away the darkest parts of our selves? Those who use the Nightmare Dreamer’s help get a good night’s sleep, but their waking lives change in ways they hadn’t imagined. Performance times are 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets cost $15. The theater is located at 916 G St. NW; 202-315-1310; flashpointdc.org.■ Shakespeare Theatre Company will present puppeteer Basil Twist and his production of “Petrushka” March 16 through 25 at the Lansburgh Theatre. Three puppets are at a Russian carnival: Petrushka, the clown, falls in love with the charming Ballerina at first sight. The scheming and rich Moor loves the Ballerina as well, and he seduc-es her with beautiful things. She rejects the advances of Petrushka, who, upset and lonely, confronts the Moor. Nine hidden puppeteers use a combination of Czech and Japanese techniques to bring the puppets to life. Performance times are 7 p.m.

Friday and Saturday; 2 p.m. Saturday; and noon and 4 p.m. Sunday. Tickets cost $22.50 to $50. Lansburgh Theatre is located at 450 7th St. NW. 202-547-1122; shakespearetheatre.org.■ The all-female Taffety Punk Riot Grrrls will present staged readings of “Anna Christie” March

17 and 18 as part of Arena Stage’s “Eugene O’Neill Festival.”

Anna is back in the man’s world of the New York water-front, looking for the father who abandoned her to want and abuse many years

before. Despite good intentions, there’s little they have in common, and even less on which they agree. Anna, who was forced to go into prostitution in order to survive on her own, hopes that a life at sea and the love of a sailor will wash her past clean. Performance times are 8 p.m.

Saturday and 5 p.m. Sunday. Tickets cost $2. Arena Stage is located at 1101 6th St. NW. 202-488-3300; arenastage.org.■ Ford’s Theatre opened the Tony Award-winning musical “1776” last week and will continue it through May 19. With quick-witted dialogue and a playful score, “1776” — based on the letters and memoirs of the founding fathers — dramatizes the impassioned debates of the Second Continental Congress. Performance times are generally 7:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and 2 p.m. Saturday. Tickets cost $44 to $60. Ford’s Theatre is located at 511 10th St. NW. 202-347-4833; fordstheatre.org.■ Studio Theatre 2ndStage has extended Natsu Onoda Power’s “Astro Boy and the God of Comics” through March 25. Performance times are 8:30 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday and 7:30 p.m. Sunday. Tickets cost $38 to $43. Studio Theatre is located at 1501 14th St. NW. 202-332-3300; studiotheatre.org.

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“the Nightmare Dreamer” will debut at the mead theatre Lab at Flashpoint march 16 through april 7.

taffety Punk riot Grrrls will present staged readings of Eugene O’Neill’s “anna Christie.”

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required.MurrayRoom,LauingerLibrary,GeorgetownUniversity,37thandOstreetsNW.surveymonkey.com/s/y9mpkzv. ■PsycheA.Williams-Forson,professorofAfrican-Americanandwomen’sstudiesattheUniversityofMarylandatCollegePark,willdiscussherbook“BuildingHousesoutofChickenLegs:BlackWomen,Food,&Power.”6:30p.m.Free.Room220,MartinLutherKingJr.MemorialLibrary,901GSt.NW.202-727-1261. ■FriendsoftheTenley-FriendshipLibraryandMiddleCMusicwillpresentatalkbyMarkHorowitzonhisbook“SondheimonMusic:MinorDetailsandMajorDecisions.”ThepresentationwillfeaturevideoclipsofHorowitz’sinterviewswithcomposerStephenSondheim.7p.m.Free.Tenley-FriendshipNeighborhoodLibrary,4450WisconsinAve.NW.202-727-1225. ■GuyGugliottawilldiscusshisbook“Freedom’sCap:TheUnitedStatesCapitolandtheComingoftheCivilWar.”7p.m.Free.PoliticsandProse,5015ConnecticutAve.NW.202-364-1919. ■LocalauthorJoeHowellwilldiscuss“TheApostlePaul:HisLife,Timesand

Beliefs,”focusingonthelettersandtheol-ogyofPaul.7p.m.Free.FriendshipTerraceRetirementCommunity,4201ButterworthPlaceNW.202-244-7400. ■TheWashingtonSculptorsGroupwillpresentapaneldiscussionon“EnvisioningaFutureforPublicArt.”7to8:30p.m.Free;reservationsrequired.HammerAuditorium,CorcoranGalleryofArt,50017thSt.NW.corcoran.org. ■JonathanSafranFoerandNathanEnglanderwilldiscuss“NewAmericanHaggadah.”7p.m.$12.Sixth&IHistoricSynagogue,600ISt.NW.sixthandi.org. ■AuthorandmonologistMikeDaisey,creatorof“TheAgonyandtheEcstasyofSteveJobs,”willdiscuss“AHammerWithWhichtoShapeIt.”7:30p.m.Free;res-ervationsrequired.LohrfinkAuditorium,HaririBuilding,GeorgetownUniversity,37thandOstreetsNW.lwp.georgetown.edu.

Films ■TheChevyChaseNeighborhoodLibrarywillpresentthe2004film“TheMotorcycleDiaries.”2p.m.Free.Chevy

ChaseNeighborhoodLibrary,5625ConnecticutAve.NW.202-282-0021. ■TheEnvironmentalFilmFestivalintheNation’sCapitalwillpresentGaryMarcuse’sfilm“WakingtheGreenTiger,”aboutacampaigntostopadamprojectontheupperYangtzeRiver.6p.m.Free.AbramsonFamilyFoundersRoom,SchoolofInternationalServiceBuilding,AmericanUniversity,4400MassachusettsAve.NW.dcenvironmentalfilmfest.org. ■“ClassicFilmNightattheLibrary”willfeatureFrankCapra’s1934film“ItHappenedOneNight.”6:30p.m.Free.ChevyChaseNeighborhoodLibrary,5625ConnecticutAve.NW.202-282-0021. ■NationalGeographicwillpresentthepremiereofJohnHeminway’sdocumenta-ry“BonesofTurkana,”aboutRichardLeakey’sdecades-longsearchforfossilsaroundKenya’sLakeTurkana.Adiscus-sionwillfollow.7:30p.m.$10.GrosvenorAuditorium,NationalGeographic,1600MSt.NW.202-857-7700. ■TheWashingtonPsychotronicFilmSocietywillpresentYvesBoisset’s1984film“DogDay.”8p.m.Donationsuggest-ed.McFadden’sRestaurantandSaloon,2401PennsylvaniaAve.NW.202-462-3356.

Tuesday,March20

Concerts ■TheTuesdayConcertSerieswillfea-turesaxophonistNoahGetz(shown)andharpistJacquelinePollaufpresenting“PicturesonSilence.”Noon.Free.ChurchoftheEpiphany,1317GSt.NW.202-347-2635,ext.18. ■AprogramontheHungarianCsardasdancewillfeaturetheÉletfaHungarianFolkEnsemble.Lessonat5p.m.;performanceandopendancingat6p.m.Free.MillenniumStage,KennedyCenter.202-467-4600. ■The43-memberPraguePhilharmoniawillperformworksbyMozart,JanácekandVorícek.8p.m.$20to$50.EisenhowerTheater,KennedyCenter.202-467-4600.

Discussions and lectures ■TheWestEndBookClubwilldiscuss“TheBellJar”bySylviaPlath.12:30p.m.Free.WestEndNeighborhoodLibrary,110124thSt.NW.202-724-8707. ■TheHistoryBookClubwilldiscuss“AndtheShowWentOn:CulturalLifeinNazi-OccupiedParis”byAlanRiding.1p.m.Free.ChevyChaseNeighborhoodLibrary,5625ConnecticutAve.NW.202-282-0021. ■MikeLatiff,stationoperationmanag-erforAmtrak,willdiscuss“ManagingtheSecondBusiestPassengerRailStationintheCountry,”aboutthechallengesinvolvedincoordinatingthevarioustrans-portationsystemsthatcallD.C.’sUnionStationhome.6:30p.m.Free;reservationsrequested.RoomA03,Building44,UniversityoftheDistrictofColumbia,[email protected]. ■AndrewNedd,professorofarthisto-ryatSavannahCollegeofArtandDesign,willdiscuss“APortraitofVictory:ScenesFromRussia’sNapoleonicWars.”6:30to7:30p.m.$20;$7forstudents.Reservationsrequired.HillwoodEstate,MuseumandGardens,4155LinneanAve.NW.202-686-5807. ■KennethPrice,professorofAmericanliteratureattheUniversityofNebraska-Lincoln,willdiscuss“Walt

WhitmanandCivilWarWashington.”6:45to8:30p.m.$35.S.DillonRipleyCenter,1100JeffersonDriveSW.202-633-3030. ■JonahLehrerwilldis-cusshisbook“Imagine:HowCreativityWorks.”7p.m.Free.PoliticsandProse,5015ConnecticutAve.NW.202-364-1919. ■JoshuaComenetz,aconsultantindemographicsandmapping,willdiscuss“JewishPopulation:NumbersRisingorFalling?AmericaandIsrael.”7to8:15p.m.$20.NationalMuseumofAmericanJewishMilitaryHistory,1811RSt.NW.202-332-1221. ■ThePalisadesBookClubwilldiscuss“ParrotandOliverinAmerica”byPeterCarey.7:30p.m.Free.PalisadesNeighborhoodLibrary,4901VSt.NW.202-282-3139. ■JournalistandauthorMarvinKalbwillinterviewWalterIsaacson,biographerofBenjaminFranklin,AlbertEinsteinandSteveJobs,about“LeadershipandGenius.”8to9:15p.m.Free;reservationsrequired.NationalPressClub,52914thSt.NW.kalbwalterisaacson-web.eventbrite.com.

Film ■TheGeorgetownNeighborhoodLibrarywillpresentthe1964film“Dr.Strangelove.”6p.m.Free.GeorgetownNeighborhoodLibrary,3260RSt.NW.202-727-0232.

readings ■FirstDraftatCharterTheaterwillpresentareadingofBobBartlett’s“Kansas,”aboutanArmyveteranandhis13-year-olddaughterastheysetoutonadrivefromD.C.toWichitatomurderanabortiondoctor.7:30p.m.Free.ArtsClubofWashington,2017ISt.NW.202-333-7009. ■PoetsWilliamArchilaandRuthIrupéSanabriawillreadfromtheirwork.8p.m.Free.CopleyFormalLounge,CopleyHall,GeorgetownUniversity,37thandOstreetsNW.202-687-6294.

Special event ■TheMuseumoftheAmericanCocktailwillholdaseminaron“VodkaClassics,”aboutvodka’semergenceas

theworld’smostpopulardistilledspirit.6:30to8p.m.$45inadvance;$50atthedoor.WarehouseTheater,10217thSt.NW.museumoftheamericancocktail.org/events.

Wednesday,March21

Concerts ■AprogramonCzechpolkadanceswillfeaturethebandCzechandThenSome.Lessonat5p.m.;performanceandopendancingat6p.m.Free.MillenniumStage,KennedyCenter.202-467-4600. ■ConcertorganistCharlesMillerwillperformapipeorganrecitalfeaturingtheworksofJohannSebastianBach.Proceedswillbenefitrepairsneededtothechurch’shistoricsanctuaryduetotheAugust2011earthquake.7:30p.m.$20donationsuggested.NationalCityChristianChurch,5ThomasCircleNW.202-797-0103.

Discussions and lectures ■JaneRigbyofNASA’sGoddardSpaceFlightCenterwilldiscusstheJamesWebbSpaceTelescope.11:30a.m.Free.MaryPickfordTheater,MadisonBuilding,LibraryofCongress,101IndependenceAve.SE.202-707-5664. ■AuthorNatanaJ.DeLong-Baswilldiscuss“SaudiArabiaandtheGulf:LookingfortheArabSpring.”12:30p.m.Free;reservationsrequired.Room270,BunnInterculturalCenter,GeorgetownUniversity,37thandOstreetsNW.gulfarabspring.eventbrite.com. ■Panelistswilldiscussthehistorical,cultural,dramaticandreligiouscontextoftheyearsEugeneO’Neillwaswriting.6p.m.$2.KogodCradle,ArenaStage,11016thSt.SW.202-488-3300. ■TheGeorgetownDaySchoolParentEducationSerieswillfeatureatalkbysociologistSaraLawrence-Lightfoot,authorof“TheEssentialConversation:WhatParentsandTeachersCanLearnFromEachOther.”7p.m.Free.GeorgetownDaySchool,4200DavenportSt.NW.gds.org. ■TheChevyChaseLibraryMysteryBookClubwilldiscuss“LastCartoElysianFields”byJamesLeeBurke.7p.m.Free.ChevyChaseNeighborhoodLibrary,5625ConnecticutAve.NW.202-282-0021.

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About the April 3 Primary The polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 3. Voters will be able to use either paper ballots or touch-screen voting equipment at their assigned polling place. You may also request an absentee ballot by mail through March 27. Early voting will begin March 19 at One Judiciary Square, 441 4th St. NW, and will continue daily from 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. through March 31 except Sundays. Satellite early-voting locations — including the Chevy Chase, Columbia Heights and Takoma community centers — will be open March 24 through 31, except on Sunday. Voters registered with the Democratic, Republican or D.C. Statehood Green parties as of March 5 are eligible to vote in their respective primary; if you are not registered to vote, you may register in one of the parties at an early voting loctaion or on Election Day and cast a special ballot. The ballot will include the following offices: delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives; at-large member of the D.C. Council; ward member of the D.C. Council from wards 2, 4, 7 and 8; U.S. shadow senator; and U.S. shadow representative. For details, visit dcboee.org or call 202-727-2525.

About the Voters Guide The Current’s staff interviewed the major candidates in the Democratic contests for at-large D.C. Council, the Ward 4 D.C. Council seat and D.C. statehood senator. There are no contested races in the Republican Party (except for national committeeman and committeewoman), and the incumbent Ward 2 council member and D.C. delegate to the House of Representatives are uncontested in the Democratic primary. D.C. Statehood Green candidates were not included due to the limited number of party members. In the Democratic race in Ward 4, Calvin Gurley was not interviewed because he did not meet either of two threshhold requirements: having served as an advisory neighborhood commissioner or held other elected office in the District; or having raised at least $5,000 in cam-paign funds. In the council races, the interviews provided the basis for profiles combining candidates’ bio-graphical information and a discussion of their top priorities, as well as charts offering brief positions on dozens of specific issues. In the statehood senator race, a chart offers the candidates’ positions on varioius matters. Photos were provided by the candidates’ campaigns.

Sekou Biddle Sekou Biddle served as an interim at-large D.C. Council member from January to May 2011, chosen by the D.C. Democratic State Committee to fill the vacancy created when Kwame Brown became council chairman. In an April special election to fill the seat, Biddle placed third behind Democrat Vincent Orange and Republican Patrick Mara. He is now running for that same posi-tion. While on the council, Biddle chaired the Special Committee on School Safety and Truancy. He previously served as a member of the D.C. State Board of Education and worked for the groups Jumpstart for Young Children and KIPP DC. If he returns to the council, Biddle would prioritize education, employ-ment and ethics, he said. On education, Biddle said the council needs to insist that the school system and its chancellor state a clear objective for what the District needs to accomplish and when, but not micro-manage the implementation. “If you’re the expert at doing this, you tell us what you need and we deliver the resources,” said Biddle. “But if you fail to deliver, we’re going to replace you with someone who can.” The school culture that treats some students as inevitable failures also must change, Biddle said, noting that the city should explore programs to “break the cycle” of failure in some communities. He pointed to the suc-cess of magnet and trade programs at boosting graduation and college acceptance rates, and said those mod-els should expand systemwide. “What frustrates me more than

E. Gail Anderson Holness At-large D.C. Council candidate E. Gail Anderson Holness has served on the Columbia Heights/U Street advi-sory neighborhood commission since 2009, and chaired the panel in 2010 and 2011. A former supporter of incumbent Vincent Orange, Holness now faults him for a lack of commu-nity engagement. If elected to the at-large seat, Holness would prioritize employment, education and fiscal efficiency, she said. On employment, Holness said she would push for tax incentives to busi-nesses whose workforce is majority D.C. resi-dents. She has heard from resi-dents who are employ-able, she said, but who have lost out on jobs to residents of neighboring states. A “first source” requirement is already in place that requires that at least 51 percent of hires for a city con-tract be residents of the District, but Holness said the council needs to bet-ter enforce that rule. Holness also said the city should partner with the DC Chamber of Commerce to help residents “find cre-ative ways to employ themselves” — forming their own businesses, for instance, which in turn could hire more District residents. The city should also establish additional work-force development training for resi-dents who don’t yet have the skills to be employable, she said. Employment is a central issue that affects others throughout the city, said Holness. Residents with jobs are less likely to commit crimes and typically require less social services spending, she said.

Vincent Orange Incumbent Vincent Orange is seek-ing re-election to the at-large D.C. Council seat he has held since winning an April 2011 special election. He chairs the council’s Committee on Small and Local Business Development. Orange, a certified public accoun-tant, previously served as the Ward 5 council member, from 1999 to 2007. He has also been chief financial officer of the National Children’s Center and a vice president for Pepco. He unsuc-cessfully ran for council chairman in 2010 and for mayor in 2006. If he is re-elected, Orange said, he would focus on education, employ-ment and economic development. “I think education is the starting line for a life of productivity and hap-piness,” said Orange, citing studies that predict prison populations based on fourth-grade test scores. “And in the District of Columbia,” he said, “we have had problems educating our chil-dren.” Fourth-graders must be able to read for comprehension and do basic math to be able to progress in the education-al system and ultimately prepare for the next stages of their lives, he said. “We need to ensure that we produce a high school graduate that has a diplo-ma of value that indicates that person is either ready for college or a voca-tional trades job or a business opportu-nity,” Orange said. The school system should offer programs designed to give students a taste of different careers, Orange added, such as the wood-shop courses that persuaded him not to go into car-pentry. “One of the glaring areas of

Peter Shapiro Peter Shapiro grew up in the District but developed his political career in Prince George’s County, first on the Brentwood town council and then as a six-year member and two-year chair of the county council. When he returned to D.C. to live with his second wife, Shapiro saw shortcomings in accountability in the city’s government, he said. He now hopes to use his Maryland experience to make improvements in the District as an at-large member of the D.C. Council. Shapiro said his top issues if elected would be ethics, jobs and education. On eth-ics, Shapiro said he would push city officials to work toward excellence at their jobs. Shapiro defines “ethics” to include more than preventing illegal activity and conflicts of interest; his meaning speaks to “doing the best job you can and are supposed to do.” To achieve this, he said, the city must set clear performance goals and ensure they are achieved. “We have no system in place that ties the incentives that we offer to anything but political whim, so we don’t know what we get for our incentives across the board,” Shapiro said, adding, “I would say from Day One, let there be no subsi-dies, no incentives that aren’t connect-ed to some kind of statement of perfor-mance standard.” On the more traditional meaning of ethics reform on the D.C. Council, Shapiro said he would have supported Ward 4 member Muriel Bowser’s recent bill, but he would have intro-duced amendments to strengthen it. Shapiro said he would like a ban on

See Biddle/Page 23 See Holness/Page 23 See Orange/Page 23 See Shapiro/Page 23

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At-lArGE D.C. COunCil SEAtDemocratic Primary

Sekou Biddle E. Gail Anderson Holness Vincent Orange Peter Shapiro

What would be your three major areas of concentration as a D.C. Council member?

Education, employment, ethics. Resident employment, education, fiscal stability.

Education, employment, economic development.

Ethics, jobs, education.

What departments or areas, if any, should be D.C.’s three top priorities in terms of any new or additional spending, once the city can afford it?

Getting residents back to work, charter school students, public safety.

Education, public safety and health care.

Education, employment services and public safety.

Jobs and education, assuming the funds are spent wisely. The community college could have a tremendous positive impact.

What departments or areas, if any, should be the District’s three top priorities for spending reductions, given the enormous budget crunch the city may face in future years?

Target mayor’s and council’s offices; combine some Department of Transportation services with Public Works services; combine functions of the offices of the deputy mayor for edu-cation with the state superintendent.

I don’t see any. Look at Department of General Services and chief technology office.

Make business incentives more transparent and accountable. Defer capital spending.

Which taxes would you like to see increased and which decreased, given the city’s current budget situation?

No taxes need increasing. Decrease income taxes on low and middle-income residents.

Increase soda and cigarette taxes. Decrease residential real property taxes.

None. Offer incentives to businesses that bring quality jobs if we have firm agreements.

Tax receipts went up from the very wealthy after the District reduced its rates to below Maryland’s. Would high-er income taxes for the wealthy mean less revenue, as affluent empty nesters might be less likely to settle here and some current D.C. residents might even leave?

It could. That’s why we have a tax commission to study the issue. We should not set tax rates to adjust the current year’s budget.

No. I don’t buy into that premise. People are moving here.

No, the city’s amenities are strong enough to overcome a small differential.

Some argue that very wealthy retired people are the most likely to leave the District due to our high income tax rates, yet they require few if any government services. Should there be a tax exemption on retirement income such as Social Security and 401(k) distributions similar to Pennsylvania’s?

Possibly. It underscores the need for a well-researched tax commission report.

Yes, residents of a certain age should get certain privileges.

No, I think the current tax structure is adequate.

No.

For commercial real estate in a high-land-cost area such as the District, the price per square foot is far lower for high-rises than it is for low-rises. Some say this is one reason Rosslyn, Va., is so successful. Should parts of wards 7 and 8 be allowed under District law to have high-rises in an attempt to reduce unemployment levels there?

We need to consider this along with investments in job training and placement.

Yes. Those areas need all the help they can get as they have the highest unemployment rates in the District.

I would favor a comprehensive study moving in that direction, but we would need local residents’ input.

No. It would have little or no impact on the market.

Should the city have opposed or encouraged Walmart to locate here? Why?

Encouraged. But we shouldn’t recruit particular stores unless they bring goods and services we need and good jobs. Encouraging businesses can improve the quality of life for people while increasing sales tax revenue.

My concern is the company’s history on health care. Perhaps Walmart should be encouraged, but not as many stores as have been proposed. Walmart would take business away from longtime small businesses.

Encourage, but only if Walmart agrees to a community benefits agreement. Its reputation elsewhere has affected small businesses and employee wages.

A Walmart or two could be helpful if we have strong community benefits agreements and tough development standards. They would address neighborhood needs and bring in jobs. It could hurt small local businesses.

What approaches, if any, should be taken to decrease the likelihood of lower-income, long-term D.C. residents being forced from their homes because of increasing real estate values and taxes?

We should explore caps on property tax assessments for lower-income people.

We need to look at grandfathering lower-income individuals and establishing tax control for seniors that would be analogous to rent control.

Examine possibility of real estate tax breaks for low-income, long-term residents if we continue to have surpluses.

We could adjust the homestead tax credit in targeted ways.

D.C.’s commercial real estate and corporate business tax rates are by far the highest in the area. In future years, should D.C. make a major effort to reduce them in order to compete better for businesses? If yes, how?

Yes. We need to consider all options to make the District a more competitive home for businesses.

No. Only if it would increase our revenue and create jobs so the benefits outweigh the costs.

No major effort. The benefits of being in the city outweigh the differential.

The Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services has been criticized over the years for alleged lax supervision of juvenile offenders. Is the department overall doing a good job? If not, what should the council do?

Uncertain, but it is falling down on protecting residents from troubled youth.

In between. It’s clear there are issues somewhere. The D.C. Council should review its operational policies to make it a more effective department.

They are not doing a good job. The council should decide whether the department or the courts should be in charge of placement.

Major reform is needed, with much stricter oversight. We’re just beginning.

Should juveniles who commit felonies be treated as adults in most cases?

Juveniles are not adults and should not be so treated.

In some cases, but not most. Yes, but just in very serious cases. Not in most cases.

What steps should be taken to improve education?

Fund students more equitably and provide services commensurate to students’ needs.

Establish pilot programs for parental involvement, check new teacher qualifications better and re-evaluate curriculum.

Continue reform; train 3- and 4-year-olds for kindergarten; ensure fourth-graders can read independently and add, subtract, multiply and divide; provide high school vocational training.

Improve teacher and principal quality; integrate wraparound services into the schools.

What line items in the school budget, if any, should be reduced, deleted or supplemented?

Adequately fund charter school facilities; fund more hours and weeks of school.

Nothing should be reduced. We need more teacher training, student equipment such as computers, better recreational facilities and more arts.

More for basic educational goals such as reading and math and vocational training. We should look for savings in central administration.

Increase principal leadership development and integrated wrap-around services. If reductions required, the last place is in the classroom.

Should the city fund pre-kindergarten services for very young children, beginning shortly after birth?

We know high-quality programs bring academic success. We should prioritize it for low-income families.

Yes. At this point, that is a luxury we cannot afford. Successful programs for 3- and 4-year-olds must come first.

Yes, especially for at-risk children.


At-lArGE D.C. COunCil SEAtDemocratic Primary

Sekou Biddle E. Gail Anderson Holness Vincent Orange Peter Shapiro

Would you favor increases in the school budget to allow gifted and talented programs for our brightest students? If yes, should the goal be to offer an education equal to that of the District’s best private schools?

Our goal for all our students should be to provide an education equal to that of the best private schools.

No, it would be unfair. Wealthy parents can send their children to private schools.

Yes, so they can be challenged and reach their greatest potential.

We must be careful about the differentials, but having talented and gifted programs that send youngsters to the best colleges would be a real benefit for the city. Equity is a fundamental issue.

Should charter schools have first dibs on a closed public school campus even if it occupies exceptionally valuable real estate that would yield significant tax revenue if turned over to developers?

There is nothing more valuable than our children. We should follow the law.

I think the District is overrun with charter schools. It requires a case-by-case analysis. In the case of Stevens Elementary, on very valuable real estate, I’d turn it over to a developer and find other real estate for a charter.

Turn it over to developers if the tax revenue would allow us to give appropriate space to the charter.

If the city has a clear overriding rationale, then it must make the case, but the default is charters get the first crack. The community college got a closed school, and that was appropriate.

Is enforcement for quality-of-life offenses generally adequate, too heavy-handed or not tough enough?

Not tough enough. Adequate. Adequate. Generally adequate.

Should D.C. turn over citizenship infor-mation to U.S. immigration officials when suspects are arrested? When they are convicted? Just when convict-ed of a violent crime? Or not at all?

Not at all. When arrested. If convicted of a violent crime. Only when convicted of a major felony or violent crime.

How would you get better enforcement of laws on jaywalking, bicycle riders ignoring moving vehicle laws, and driv-ers ignoring yield signs, using cell-phones and blocking the box? Or would you eliminate some of these laws?

Hold the police accountable for enforcing them.

I would eliminate jaywalking laws and look at eliminating “blocking the box” laws. Have cameras for bicycles and stricter police enforcement.

The city council should call for better enforcement.

Pressure police to enforce these laws.

Do you think we have an adequate number of police officers on the force?

Yes, but we must maintain that number and ensure proper deployment.

No. We are short of the authorized level and should be there.

Yes, as long we have the authorized number.

Should the fines for bicycle riders who violate traffic regulations be substantially increased?

The laws need to be enforced. I’ve never seen a bicycle rider stopped by a police officer.

No. I don’t know the fine level. They should be reviewed.

No, but the laws should be enforced.

Is the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board generally too friendly to licensees, or to local residents, or is there a proper balance?

A proper balance, but it needs constant monitoring.

A proper balance. Often too friendly to licensees. They could be stricter on licensees.

How should the D.C. Council reduce the conflicts between universities and their neighbors over 10-year campus plans?

The council should provide formal opportunities for both to voice opinions and concerns so all parties understand the others’ point of view. All council members should share information about the plans — both positive and negative.

Require universities to attend advisory neighborhood commission meetings to share plans and listen to residents’ concerns.

It is more a zoning issue. We can only write letters. The current rules are appropriate.

City leaders should play a role in developing city/university partnerships that facilitate ongoing communications.

Should the city force universities to provide more on-campus housing for undergraduate students? If so, how?

No. No. Doing so would be too much of a strain on the universities.

Yes, if it threatens a neighborhood’s quality of life.

It depends on the university. The city could offer density bonuses or, if necessary, limit growth.

Is the present open-meetings law adequate?

No. All advisory neighborhood commission meetings should be open to the public.

Yes. Yes. The law may be adequate, but enforcement is certainly not.

Should Klingle Road be reopened? No. We’ve decided it already. Yes. Yes. Yes.Compared with their counterparts, D.C. Council members receive among the highest salaries in the country. Should their salaries be reduced?

Yes. We’re not getting our money’s worth.

No. No. No, but not raised either.

Should the council become a full-time job, with a ban on legislators earning outside income?

No. Making it a full-time job and banning outside employment would limit the talent pool we need.

Yes. Yes, due to unethical activities. A council member shared an office with a lobbyist.

Yes.

Would you have voted for the recently passed ethics law?

No. It fell far short of the reform we need today.

Yes, but I would have favored more stringent amendments.

I voted for it. Yes, but it needed strengthening.

Should subsidiaries of corporations and other types of business entities be allowed to individually make contributions to political candidates if the parent company or other subsidiaries also make them?

No. It violates the spirit of the contribution limits.

No. I favor banning corporate contributions but only if we ban outside employment by council members, as they can work for the same corporation.

I support banning them outright.

Should D.C. Council members be allowed to keep their constituent service funds? If yes, should they be larger, smaller or left as they are now?

No. They are an opportunity for pay-to-play corruption.

No. Yes. I voted for the reduction from $80,000 to $40,000.

No.

Do you agree with the council’s decision to create the new Board of Ethics and Government Accountability, or should the council have given more power and staff to the Board of Elections and Ethics instead?

Yes. There was a lack of faith that the previous structure was up to the job.

The Board of Elections and Ethics should have been given more power.

More power and staff to the Board of Elections and Ethics.

Yes. I support the new entity.

In 20 words or less, explain why voters should elect you to the D.C. Council.

We deserve better than our current corrupt council. I will serve all residents regardless of ward, income or political connections.

Not provided. I represent honest, effective and intelligent leadership we desperately need to address ethics, education, employment and the economics of D.C.

D.C. needs change and leadership now. I’m the only council candidate with a proven record of integrity and effective service.


Muriel Bowser Ward 4 D.C. Council member Muriel Bowser, who joined the council in 2007 when Adrian Fenty left to serve as mayor, is now seeking re-election for a sec-ond full term. Bowser chairs the Committee on Government Operations and recently shepherded new ethics legislation through the council. She is also the council’s voting member of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority board. If re-elected, Bowser would focus on public safety, government integrity and education reform. “What’s most important,” she said, “is to make our streets safe.” Bowser said she’s “strongly committed” to Police Chief Cathy Lanier, and “very proud of the reduction in gun-related crimes, but also focused on tapping down the recent uptick in robberies, vehicle theft and theft from autos.” Bowser said the key is having officers walking foot patrols and working with the community. “We leave the crime-fighting strategies to the crime-fighting profes-sionals,” she added. “My job is to see that the 4th and 2nd districts have the number of police officers they need.” The incumbent also said she’s committed to “enhanc-ing” fire and emergency medical services in the ward, noting that she’s proud to have secured space for Engine Co. 22 on the former Walter Reed campus. On ethics, Bowser said the council made a “great start” with the “robust” bill she recently authored. “But, what’s most important is that we elect honest leaders,” she said. “I am proud to be a strong voice in implementing solutions.” One point of contention in the ethics debate has been council members’ use of constituent service funds. Bowser said the funds need not be limited to emergency use, but there are some items that are clearly inappropriate. On the other hand, she said there’s “nothing wrong with buying tickets for kids to sporting events that they oth-erwise could not attend.” On education reform, Bowser pointed to various accomplishments since she

renee Bowser Attorney Renee Bowser, who served three terms on Petworth’s Advisory Neighborhood Commission 4D, is running to replace Muriel Bowser — no rela-tion — in the Ward 4 seat on the D.C. Council. Renee Bowser works as assistant general counsel of the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union and serves as vice chair of the D.C. Commission of Human Rights. She has actively opposed Walmart’s entrance to Ward 4. If elected, Bowser would focus on education, job cre-ation and inclusive constitu-ent services. Bowser blames the incumbent for a “failure to get money for Ward 4 schools,” which she said has resulted in “playgrounds and buildings that are not as modernized as ... in other wards.” In Ward 3, for example, the city spent $125 million to renovate Wilson High School, while “repairing Ward 4’s Roosevelt and Coolidge [high schools] together will cost $150 mil-lion, but will be delayed to 2015 and 2017,” Bowser said. “There has been three times as much capital spend-ing on Ward 3 schools as on Ward 4’s.” At Coolidge, “you can’t run the lights, the air condi-tioning and computers at the same time without tripping the power … system,” she said. “On the incumbent’s watch, there has been practi-cally nothing done.” Bowser said the school system must improve signifi-cantly before it devotes money to gifted-and-talented programs. She also called for more wraparound services for disadvantaged students. “We cannot ignore the rela-tionship between poverty and education the way Michelle Rhee did,” she said. On job creation, Bowser cited a lack of progress in recent years. “Ward 4 is not booming,” she said. “Unemployment is at 8 per-cent. We need a council member who will concen-trate on job creation.” One key element of unemployment goes back to education, and the failure of D.C. schools to prepare stu-dents for jobs. She said that

Baruti Jahi Baruti Jahi — former president of the Shepherd Park Citizens Association, co-founder of the anti-Walmart “Ward 4 Thrives” group and captain of a local Orange Hat Patrol — is run-ning again for the Ward 4 seat on the D.C. Council. Jahi recently resigned from his job as a records manager for NASA to work full time on his cam-paign. The Shepherd Park resident ran and lost in 2008 to Muriel Bowser. If elected, Jahi would focus on crime, education and economic development. Jahi pointed to a recent increase in Ward 4 crime — with upticks in sexual assault, theft and homicide — as evidence that more officers are needed. “We need money in the budget to hire more police officers and then place more of them on foot patrol,” he said, noting that a stronger presence is particularly need-ed in Petworth and near Georgia Avenue. “A lot of these crimes are coming from juveniles,” Jahi added. “We need more pro-grams ... to steer them in the right direction: trade, men-torship and preventative types of programs to try to address this systemic crime problem.” He also wants more Neighborhood Watch and Orange Hat programs, and he called for tougher punish-ments for gun-related crimes. Asked how to improve education, Jahi said the city should reconsider how we choose a leader for D.C. Public Schools, looking at the list of qualifications that were eliminated “so we could hire Michelle Rhee.” He noted that Ward 4 schools, in particular, are underperforming. “Fifty per-cent of the kids attend schools outside the ward. Sixty-two percent of the seats in [the ward] are in underperforming schools. Enrollment and test perfor-mance are well below where they should be.” Jahi also raised concerns over delays to planned mod-ernizations to two Ward 4 high schools. “School mod-ernization funds that were allocated to Coolidge and Roosevelt high schools were taken away and given to other wards.”

Judi Jones Judi Jones, who is serving her fourth term as an adviso-ry neighborhood commis-sioner, is seeking to replace incumbent Muriel Bowser in the race for the D.C. Council Ward 4 seat. A former business and computer teacher for both Montgomery County and D.C. schools, Jones said that if elected she would concen-trate on education, D.C. statehood and smarter economic development. “Better education is the root of our solutions to a lot of our social ills,” Jones said. “We need to restructure the edu-cation process to make it more inclusive and invest the money upfront to reduce the emergency costs at the back end.” Jones said she is especial-ly concerned about the achievement gap between black males and other stu-dents, and between blacks and whites in general. As a fix, Jones suggested developing individualized education plans for all D.C. students. That blueprint could include three credits in a certified skill as a condition for high school graduation, she said. That way, “if I don’t want to go to college, I can still have success and earn a living,” Jones said. Such a requirement would “make our students employable and have skills so they can go anywhere and get a job,” Jones said. But she emphasized that the sys-tem need not burden students who do plan to attend col-lege. “Having certification in an area such as computer programming, web design, graphic arts, plumbing or bookkeeping does not reduce eligibility for any college campus,” she said. As for the statehood ques-tion, Jones said she would approach that issue in a dif-ferent way than some others have. “I don’t like the atti-tude of people who say we shouldn’t strive for statehood because it is not going to happen in our lifetime,” she said. “We’ve got to start the process somewhere.” Jones said the District’s past opportunities to get a vote in Congress failed due to mismanagement. “Eleanor Holmes Norton turned down a vote on the floor because of some gun laws that we will have anyway,” she said.

Max Skolnik Max Skolnik, a former advisory neighborhood com-missioner in Southwest who now lives in Petworth, is running for the Ward 4 D.C. Council seat. He runs Kid Power Inc., a nonprofit that operates after-school programs for 350 young peo-ple with 25 full- and part-time employees. Should he win, Skolnik would concentrate most on education and youth development, small-business development and govern-ment ethics. “The District has some of the worst indicators when it comes to childhood poverty, teen unemployment, and the worst black-white achieve-ment gap in the country,” Skolnik said. “I work with young peo-ple every day; I see the struggles,” he said. “The city has clearly not done enough.” Education reform strate-gies need to change, Skolnik said. “School reform is high-ly technocratic [and] top-down. I want ... a more com-munity-centered approach.” Skolnik said highly inef-fective teachers “are a small minority. And they should be removed ... as quickly as possible. The vast majority fall in the middle and need all the supports — training, incentives and peer mentor-ing — boosted.” Test scores should be used — to some extent — in evaluating teachers, he said, but they are of limited value in measuring student achievement. “Schools spend an inordinate amount of time in test preparation. That’s not education. That’s drilling.” The D.C. Council, he said, needs a separate com-mittee for education and youth issues. He also wants a central youth office “with policy-making and grant-making authority for youth issues.” Both Skolnik and his wife run small businesses. “I know the pressures,” he said. “The main economic devel-opment job of the District government should be to support ... small businesses.” Skolnik suggested a tar-geted approach to promoting Ward 4 businesses. “We could break up the ward into nodes of development,” he said. “Then we should sup-port communities of small

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Muriel Bowser renee Bowser Baruti Jahi Judi Jones Max Skolnik

What would be your three major areas of concentration as a D.C. Council member?

Governmental integrity, public safety, education reform.

Education, job creation, constituent service.

Crime, education, economic development.

Education, statehood, smarter development.

Education and youth develop-ment, small businesses, govern-mental ethics.

What departments or areas, if any, should be the District’s top priorities in terms of any new or additional spending, once the city can afford it?

Police, school construction, transportation infrastructure.

More housing inspectors; better job and apprenticeship training; people to check elderly abuse, neglect and exploitation.

Police, education and economic development.

Education; social services such as mental health and homelessness.

Programs dealing with youth and seniors, education, affordable housing for homeless, adult vocational training.

What departments or areas, if any, should be the District’s top priorities for spending reductions?

The Department of General Services. I also voted to limit the number of political appointments by the mayor, streamlining the 173 boards and commissions.

Eliminate extra spending that new ethics law will create. The existing agency with more resources would be more efficient.

Eliminate council member constituent funds; reduce council salaries; consider eliminating the deputy mayor for economic development when he, like the current one, is not doing a good job.

Council salaries and council members’ staff. I would also look at soft programs, but cannot be specific at this time. Homeless and other programs might well need restructuring if they are not producing results.

High-end business development things such as Office of Motion Picture and Television Development; council and executive staff; special education.

Which taxes would you like to see increased and which taxes decreased, given the city’s cur-rent budget situation?

Possibly reduce taxes and fees for seniors such as senior prop-erty tax relief effort; immediately eliminate pensioner withholding; possibly reduce rate for people earning less than $100,000. No increases.

Make income taxes more pro-gressive like federal government. No decreases at this point.

Abolish taxes on pensions. No increases.

Rescind increase in restaurant tax and 5-cent bag tax; have all parking meters stop at 6:30 p.m. These reductions can be paid for by the iGaming revenue.

Make wealthy tax increase per-manent and add brackets for over $500,000 and $1 million.

Should developers get tax incentives to bring high-end stores into Georgetown and downtown in hopes of increasing tax revenue?

Yes, if the deal is in our best interest.

Only if there are concrete studies to show tax revenue from the developments would exceed the tax incentives.

I support development in Ward 4 first. After all considerations, I would consider other areas. If you build it in Ward 4, they will come.

Georgetown has high-end. We need high-end retail east of Georgia Avenue and along H Street.

No.

Should the city have opposed or encouraged Walmart to locate here? Why?

While I did not recruit Walmart, it’s my job to ensure the company offers us the best store and develops its sites in a way to enhance any neighborhood it enters. I favored a more dense project at the Missouri/Georgia Avenue corner including housing.

Opposed. There are studies showing a net loss of jobs in areas with Walmarts. They shift health-care costs to the jurisdiction and cause small- and medium-size retailers to close. The Georgia/Missouri corner will be a traffic nightmare.

Opposed. I favor taking them to court. In no other metropolitan area are two Walmarts within a mile and a half of each other.

Six stores, or even four, are too many. There should have been one Sam’s Club and one mega Walmart. I like the one on Riggs Road better than on the one Georgia Avenue.

Opposed. Our main focus should be on small businesses.

D.C.’s commercial real estate and corporate business taxes are by far the highest in the area. In future years, should D.C. make a major effort to reduce them in order to compete better for businesses? If yes, how?

Yes, the tax revision commission should consider ways to achieve parity with surrounding areas.

We must look at studies to see if taxes really retard our business growth. If so, we could have targeted tax breaks for specific types of business.

Give businesses tax incentives to come to Georgia Avenue as well as competitors already there.

We should look at it on an indi-vidual basis. The current policy is not working.

Yes, based on geographic economic problems and community benefits.

How can the Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services resolve any conflicts that arise between protecting public safety and rehabilitating young offend-ers? What is more important?

Rehabilitation is important, but criminally involved juveniles must be rehabilitated in secure places.

Both are important. We need to look at studies to accomplish both goals.

We don’t have mentorship pro-grams or job opportunities for ex-convicts. We need trade development programs.

Public safety is the police depart-ment’s job. We don’t need more group homes. We might need more social workers. We should look at another but less restric-tive juvenile detention center.

They are equally important. We must increase supervision and have more in-house programming, data sharing and discussions with community about the process of integration.

Should juveniles who commit felonies be treated as adults in most cases?

It depends on the nature of the crime and the age.

It depends on the child’s age and lots of other factors.

Yes. Yes, especially if they are repeat offenders.

No, except on a case-by-case basis for those close to 18.

What steps should be taken to improve education?

Improving resource parity across the city; invest more in middle and high schools; attract more families to publicly funded schools.

Modernize buildings and playgrounds to produce atmosphere conducive to learning; have structured music, arts, foreign languages and science curriculums in every school; reduce “teaching to the test”; and teach concepts.

Hire someone who has the quali-fications in place for superinten-dent before they were changed for Michelle Rhee; have a Ward 4 PTA consortium to improve the weaker groups.

Have a graduation requirement that a student must have a certified marketable skill and be college-qualified even if it is for a special college for those with special needs.

Provide more teacher training support and opportunities for input for and from teachers; create a central youth office and more collaborative structures between parents, young people, nonprofits and other stakeholders.

What line items in the school budget, if any, should be reduced, deleted or supplemented?

Look for savings in central office; increase art, music, athletics and capital spending for middle and high schools.

I am not familiar enough with the totality of the school budget. We should look at successful outcomes nationally and worldwide.

Add funds for youth trade development as well as music and art.

Unsure of reductions; technology, capital infrastructure and professional development should be increased.

Ultimately decrease special education transportation and some central administration oversight staff; increase funding for nutritional, enrichment, wellness and arts programs.

Would it be fair if magnet or vocational programs were to receive considerably more per student in D.C. funds than regular programs?

No. We have to ensure parity across the system.

Yes. Any time there is a variety of people, things are different. Look at the costs of football.

Yes, as we want to encourage excellence.

No. Not if they receive considerably more.

Do you favor establishing a math/science magnet similar to Maryland’s Montgomery Blair or Virginia’s Thomas Jefferson aiming to send graduates to colleges like the Massachusetts and California institutes of technology, even if it means a higher cost per student than in other public schools?

I support McKinley Tech to be our science magnet.

Only after we bring science education of all high schools up to a more advanced level.

Yes, and Banneker is just as good as those programs.

No. Yes. It would be vital to the city.


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Muriel Bowser renee Bowser Baruti Jahi Judi Jones Max Skolnik

Charter school advocates say that charter schools do not receive as much per pupil as the public school system does, since most charter schools have to fund their own buildings. Do you agree this is the case? If yes, what if anything should be done about it?

We provide them a facilities allowance. Our revenue bonds make their construction deals less costly.

I understand they do get a facili-ties allotment, so I’m not sure I agree. They also can send chil-dren back to the public schools in the middle of the year.

Yes. They do not receive as much, but our priority should be to improve our public schools.

They should have first crack at closed school buildings, but should raise outside funds to fix them up so the government will not decide on the improvements.

Per-pupil spending should be equal, but charters do have a responsibility to raise money. The city should provide a functional space for charter school students.

Should police officers be able to write tickets with large fines for underage drinking and for quality-of-life offenses so they don’t have to take the time to formally book the accused?

We must protect due process rights, so they should be booked.

Taking the offender in may have more of an impact to discourage future action than simply fining him.

No, it would be too subjective. Yes for underage drinking and most quality-of-life offenses.

Yes.

Should D.C. turn over citizenship or lack of citizenship informa-tion to U.S. immigration officials when suspects are arrested? When they are convicted? Just when convicted of a violent crime? Or not at all?

Public trust in the police is para-mount. We must comply with federal mandates in the case of convictions for violent crimes.

Only if convicted of a violent crime. Otherwise, it discourages the public from giving police information.

When arrested. When convicted of a violent crime.

Only if convicted of violent crimes.

Should Klingle Road be reopened?

Yes, the recent closure of the Broad Branch Road bridge demonstrated a need for additional cross-park connections.

I need to look at studies to see if the environmental problems are outweighed by the inconvenience of the residents and the environmental problems caused by additional traffic from detours.

No, it would be too expensive. Yes. Yes.

Would you support making the position of council member a full-time job, with a ban on legis-lators earning outside income?

I am a full-time council member, but voters should have the right to choose council members with outside jobs.

Yes. Yes. No. Yes.

Would you have voted for the recently passed ethics law?

Yes, it is the most comprehen-sive restatement of ethics regu-lations since home rule.

Probably not, as it did not address outsized corporate dol-lars. It was a lot of show.

No. It was a shameful toothless wonder.

No. Existing laws were not enforced.

No. It’s weak and toothless.

Should D.C. Council members and the mayor be allowed to have constituent service funds?

Yes. My ethics bill put uses and restrictions in place on the funds and restricted them to $40,000.

No. It’s really a slush fund. The incumbent used only 8 percent for actual constituent services.

No, because only 12 percent of the funds go to needy constitu-ents.

Yes. Their size should stay the same.

No. We should rely on a real social safety net.

Do you agree with the council’s decision to create the new Board of Ethics and Government Accountability, or should the council have given more power and staff to the Board of Elections and Ethics instead?

I insisted on the creation of a board solely responsible for investigating and enforcing ethics violations — just as 37 states have.

More staff should have been given to the Board of Elections and Ethics.

No. More power should have been given to the Board of Elections and Ethics.

The Board of Elections and Ethics was adequate. The new office is a waste of taxpayers’ money.

No. The Board of Elections and Ethics should have been strengthened.

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Do you support statehood as the only acceptable way to secure full rights for D.C. residents?

Yes. Yes.

Is D.C. statehood viable at present, given that the federal government pays for “state” costs such as prisons?

Yes. We lose billions by not being able to tax income at its source.

Yes. A commuter tax would more than offset this cost.

Would you support full voting rights in the House and Senate as an interim measure?

Yes. Yes, as long as it is an interim mea-sure.

Would you support full voting rights in only the House as an interim measure?

No, because this would likely become the permanent situation.

No.

Should shadow senator and represen-tative offices be taxpayer-funded?

Yes. Yes. I would also support the positions being paid in the future, but I would not personally accept a salary.

What is the most important step that you have taken (or would take) to secure full rights for D.C. residents?

I created Teach Democracy DC, a non-profit, to share the lack of D.C. voting rights with teachers and students.

As a citizen, I have already protested for statehood and been arrested, and I am prepared to go to jail.

Do you support civil disobedience as a way to advocate full rights for D.C. residents?

Yes. Yes.

Are you willing to be arrested for the cause?

Yes, and I have been. Yes, and to go to jail.

In 20 words or less, please state why you should be the District’s shadow representative.

Five years as U.S. senator, 30 years in national politics, a record of many accomplishments and a passion for statehood.

I am ready to agitate, educate and negotiate: upsetting the status quo to get us statehood and move us forward.

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anything else is there are enough examples of what works, and we continue to explore what doesn’t,” Biddle said. Biddle further called for merg-ing the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Education with the Office of the State Superintendent of Education to streamline operations and save money, and for equalizing per-pupil spending between the school sys-tem and public charter schools. On employment, Biddle said the District needs to help train its resi-dents for the jobs that are already available here, as well as work to attract additional employers. “There are more people working in the city on a daily basis than there are working-age residents, yet we have dramatic unemployment in the city,” said Biddle. Biddle said the city currently-funds too many job-training pro-grams whose participants aren’t becoming employed. “Right now,

we pay for process,” he said. The District needs to redirect its spending toward job training and placement programs able to show that their participants subsequently get jobs, said Biddle. Biddle said it recently became clear that ethics should be another priority — interviewed last April, he named the city budget as his third top issue. Asked last month about the change, he said, “Last year at this point, we were under the impression we were running potentially into a $300 million defi-cit or shortfall. It turns out not to have actually been the case, and it was not the case [then] that several elected officials were under federal investigation.” To help restore faith in the coun-cil’s integrity, Biddle advocated a ban on corporate contributions, which allow individuals to use mul-tiple entities they control to skirt donation limits. “What concerns me and certainly a lot of other resi-dents is you have elected officials getting large sums of money from people with a clear interest on cer-

tain issues,” said Biddle, pointing to incumbent Vincent Orange’s positions on gas stations and taxi-cabs, which he said align with those of Orange’s donors. “We’ve so significantly dam-aged the public trust, it’s hard for people to believe that the council is beholden to the residents instead of the people who write big checks,” Biddle added. He also said the council should eliminate constituent service funds and study additional ways to tight-en controls of elected officials’ con-duct. Biddle, 40, is a D.C. native who lives in Shepherd Park with his wife and two sons. He earned a business administration degree from Morehouse College in Atlanta and a master’s degree in early childhood education from Georgia State University. Before working for the Jumpstart and KIPP programs, Biddle was a public school teacher in Atlanta, New York City and the District, and trained Teach for America instructors.

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On education, Holness said the school system needs a greater focus on extracurricular athletics and arts activities. Students who are more engaged in school are more likely to be successful academically, she said, noting that the city should increase its school spending. Holness also said she favors a greater push for parental involvement in their students’ academic activ-ities. “When parents are engaged in the process, stu-dents have a tendency to perform better,” she said. The school system should establish a pilot program to issue “a compelling fine” to a parent who doesn’t attend conferences with a teacher, she said. Holness also said the council should be responsible for reviewing a school’s curriculum to ensure it will provide a suitable education for its students, rather than simply preparing them for standardized tests. “I think the council’s role is as integral as the Board of Education’s role to participate, because we set the bud-get,” she said. Holness said the city is giving too much attention and resources to charter schools rather than the tradi-tional public school system. While she favors school choice, she said the city is “overrun” with charters. On fiscal efficiency, Holness said the council should review agency budgets to root out “frivolous

spending.” She cited examples from the University of the District of Columbia that she said demonstrate a waste of taxpayer dollars, and said she wants an opportunity to find where that is occurring elsewhere. “Having not been exposed to the budgets of all the agencies, I think there needs to be an overall review of all District agencies,” said Holness, adding, “When nobody’s looking, people have a tendency to do what-ever.” Holness said the city needs to increase revenue to pay for some incentives and spending initiatives, per-haps through commercial real estate taxes and income taxes on residents earning $500,000 or more. The unique appeal of living or operating a business within D.C. is enough to offset the impacts of any additional cost, she said. Holness, 55, lives in the Columbia Heights/Pleasant Plains area just off Georgia Avenue in Ward 1. A native of Columbia, S.C., she is divorced and has a 24-year-old daughter. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Clark Atlanta University, a master’s degree from St. Mary’s Ecumenical Seminary & University in Baltimore, and law and ministry doctorates from Howard University. A diverse résumé includes a long history of com-munity involvement. Besides serving as pastor of the Christ Our Redeemer African Methodist Episcopal Church in Petworth, Holness is also president of the InterFaith Conference of Metropolitan Washington and manager of a faith-based educational consulting firm.

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improvement in educational devel-opment for our young people is helping the young person find their skill,” he said. He said the school system should identify students who need special help and connect them with additional resources; it should also provide for more special-education students within D.C.-run schools rather than paying tuition to send them to private schools. On employment, Orange said the District needs a “jobs czar” — a central official who can align voca-tional training with available D.C. jobs. For instance, he said, the city knows that Walmart expects to hire hundreds of employees for its planned D.C. stores. Accordingly, Orange said, he wants the city’s community college to offer classes in “how to run cash registers, … how to manage inven-tory ... how to stock the shelves,” he said. “Now, instead of us having training dollars all over this govern-ment, we’re going to put it into this community college and we’re going to train for the job,” he added. With sufficiently trained resi-dents, said Orange, contractors and agencies will have no excuses for avoiding city law that requires a percentage of local hires — which he said should be enforced more rigorously. On a smaller scale, Orange said he helped prepare resi-dents for jobs when Home Depot

and other large retailers were ready-ing to open in Ward 5. Orange said the city should also incentivize new job-creating indus-tries to operate in the city, such as filmmaking, garment production and automobile sales. Orange said these two top issues — education and employment — combine to make his third priority: economic development. Residents who are educated can get the avail-able jobs in the District and attract more employers to the city, both of which would improve local finan-cial well-being. A clear plan should also drive economic development, Orange said. When he was the Ward 5 council member in 1999, he said, the city set distinct goals after years of deficits. “We had something to prove: that we could dig ourselves out of that hole and get rid of the [financial control board].” Today, he said, the issue is dif-ferent. “I think very soon, the city is going to be flush with cash, and it’s going to be a question of how we utilize it,” he said. Orange, 54, lives with his wife in the Brookland neighborhood in Northeast; they have two adult sons and a teenage daughter. Orange grew up in Oakland, Calif., and received a scholarship to attend boarding school in Colorado. He earned a bachelor’s degree from California’s University of the Pacific, a law degree from Howard University and a Master of Laws in Taxation from Georgetown University.

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corporate campaign contributions, a prohibition on outside employment for council members and the elimi-nation of constituent service funds. Shapiro also said he stands apart from competitors Sekou Biddle and Vincent Orange. He faulted Biddle for his previous route to a D.C. Council seat — the Democratic State Committee named him to the interim post — and Orange for the stances he has taken. “I’m the only candidate who has a track record as a progressive and isn’t caught up in the D.C. political machine,” Shapiro said. On jobs, Shapiro said the city should incentivize certain business-es to locate in technology districts established in neighborhoods it hopes to revitalize, following the model of the arts district he helped create in Hyattsville, Md. The city should then organize its job-training efforts to prepare resi-dents for employment in that field, said Shapiro. “We need leadership that states loud and clear what our priority is as a city around job cre-ation and to have a very clear mes-sage about the kind of jobs we’re looking to create,” he said. Under Shapiro’s proposal, exist-ing city employment services, the school system, higher education and nonprofit partners could collab-orate on the types of job training required for a position in the tech-

nology sector, which he said includes many entry-level career positions. “We have so many resources we can bring to bear if it’s organized around a common vision,” he said. On education, Shapiro said he would encourage the school system to devise more variables for evalu-ating teachers beyond test scores, but to ensure that performance is still carefully monitored and to reward successful instructors. “It’s really about teacher quality; teacher quality is a result of accountability and training and support,” he said. Shapiro also called for additional leadership training for principals. “The role of the principal, at least in part, is to create the kind of envi-ronment that encourages and sup-ports teachers to think beyond the test,” said Shapiro. Shapiro, 49, lives with his wife and her two children in the Ward 4 section of Chevy Chase. Born in Rockville, Shapiro moved to the District at age 5 and attended Murch Elementary School and Washington International School. He holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Maryland, where he resumed his studies as a sophomore 10 years after leaving Trinity College in Hartford, Conn. He most recently worked as a lead-ership consultant, but said he has put his job on hold during his coun-cil bid. Shapiro served on the Prince George’s County Council from 1998 to 2004 before moving into the District.

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Jahi also believes the city should increase funding for music and art, as well as for vocational programs for various in-demand trades. He also supports programs for high-performing students. “We should be pushing for more ‘gifted and talented’ programs, as we need to reward excellence,” he said. Jahi said increased parent partic-ipation is essential, and he suggest-

ed creating a Ward 4-wide PTA. On economic development, Jahi believes the city should have coor-dinators in each ward “whose sole responsibility is to foster” growth in their area. He faults the incumbent council member for Ward 4’s lag in busi-ness development compared to H Street, where he said Ward 6 Council member Tommy Wells used revitalization funds originally allocated for Georgia Avenue. Funds slated for Georgia Avenue also went to other projects, he said.

If elected, Jahi would lobby for a Ward 4 skills registry for residents who are unemployed or seeking better jobs. He supports using tax breaks to recruit businesses to Ward 4, and said businesses already established in the ward should also get such deals. Jahi, 42, was born in New York City and came to the District to attend Howard University, where he earned a doctorate in political sci-ence. He is married and has a 4-year-old son.

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“To turn it down, thinking they wouldn’t push the gun laws anyway, is ludicrous.” Jones said she would be in favor of the District accepting territorial status “as a temporary measure and a step towards statehood.” This method, she said, would exempt the District from federal income and corporate taxes and also bring in more businesses. To encourage development, Jones advocated the drafting of a plan specific to Ward 4. “We must develop a comprehensive plan with the consensus of Ward 4 residents about how their ward should look and how

the plan should be implemented,” she said. Jones emphasized that the city must consider alter-natives to Walmart. “I agree with … the Upper 14th Street Uptown Business Association’s proposal for a boutique grocery store like Harris Teeter, Wegmans, or Trader Joe’s at Georgia and Missouri rather than a Walmart. The development would include entrepre-neurs who live [or own] businesses in the District.” Jones, who did not give her age, is a District native. She grew up in the Brookland area and now lives in Lamond Riggs. She graduated from Drexel University, where she got her degree in business and marketing. Single, she holds graduate degrees from the University of the District of Columbia in international business, computer science and education.

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joined the council. “Enrollment growth at Brightwood [Education Campus] and Lafayette [Elementary School] has been strong. ... We’re very proud of our ability to totally reno-vate Takoma [Education Campus] after one year. I was very proud to support the way we incentivize our teachers,” she said. When asked why other wards have received more school renova-tion money than Ward 4, she said, “Our turn is now,” including “the total renovation of Roosevelt and Coolidge” high schools. Bowser also noted that a lot has been spent to “stabilize” Roosevelt, including upgrading the boiler sys-

tems, making electrical upgrades and replacing hallway lighting. Yet, “What’s needed is total modernization,” she said. “It is funded to begin this year. The mayor wants to postpone it, but the council would have to approve that.” She also pointed out that some recently modernized Ward 3 schools, such as Wilson High, serve a number of Ward 4 students. A D.C. native, 39-year-old Bowser has a master’s degree in public policy from American University and a bachelor’s degree from Pittsburgh’s Chatham College. Before joining the council, Bowser worked as assistant director of Montgomery County’s Silver Spring Regional Center, which works to coordinate community needs with government services.

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businesses in these different areas.” The city now imposes too many hardships on business owners, he said. “It’s a very difficult process to get licenses and permits.” Skolnik said the city can help grow businesses through seed-mon-ey grants, incubators and lower tax rates in some cases. “Some strategic tax abatements can be effective,” he added. “But there must be no appearance of impropriety as to

how they were achieved, such as campaign donations. ... There should be significant community benefits and clawback and sunset provisions. “I hope to bring some honesty, some reformer ethic to our govern-ment, some humility and a sense of service,” Skolnik said. He said corporate contributions have become a growing influence in local politics. “I would propose eliminating corporate, LLC, subsid-iary and partnership donations [plus] lobbyist and contractor dona-tions,” he said. Also, “I would abol-

ish the constituent service funds.” Although Skolnik noted that it’s possible such bans would simply shift contributions to political action committees, “we would at least dis-connect the direct contact between donors and candidates,” he said. Skolnik, 36, is married with a 16-month-old son. He was born in the New York City suburbs and majored in political science at the State University of New York at Buffalo. He came to Washington to get a master’s degree in Latin American studies at George Washington University.

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if the city puts more “focus on apprenticeship training, people will have jobs.” Bowser also urged more empha-sis on the city’s first-source law, which requires companies with government contracts to hire locals. And she noted that many city agencies “don’t favor small and dis-advantaged businesses,” vowing to fight for “procurement laws that allow local small businesses their fair share of city contracts.” Bowser said the city should also withhold subsidies when businesses fail to deliver as promised. And while she emphasized the impor-tance of offering “certain business incentives” to get District residents jobs, she said a general decrease in

corporate tax rates is unnecessary. She said she opposes Walmart “because of its record of poor treat-ment of workers, destruction of small businesses and a net loss of jobs in communities where it locates.” Bowser has been involved with Ward 4 Thrives, a grass-roots group fighting against the compa-ny’s entrance into the ward. On her third campaign focus — constituent services — Bowser said the phrase has many meanings, including ensuring that “absentee rental building owners maintain their properties.” Muriel Bowser, she said, has not done that. Bowser, 62, was born in Philadelphia and received a bache-lor’s degree from Bryn Mawr College and law degrees from North Carolina Central and the University of Wisconsin. Single, she moved to D.C. in 1983.

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Spotlight on SchoolsAidan Montessori School On March 2, Coast Guardsman Mario Vittone visited Aidan Montessori School. He talked about his work as a Coast Guard rescue swimmer, which is someone who jumps out of helicopters and res-cues people stranded in the ocean. The person is put in a basket and hoisted up into the helicopter. We interviewed lower and upper elementary students about his talk. First, we asked fifth-grader Eva Gondelman what she had enjoyed when he visited. “I liked how he told about his missions,” she said. Next, we asked sixth-grader Lucia Braddock the same question. “I thought it was really cool that we got to meet him and that he was one of the first to rescue a 4-month-old baby,” she said. Then, we asked a few people in lower elementary whether they would like to be in the Coast Guard. Second-grader Stella Brown said, “No, it would be a little scary.” Second-grader Theo Braddock said, “I might want to be in the Coast Guard.” Fourth-grader Marshall Cooperman said, “I would like to be a Coast Guard rescue swimmer, especially to be able to jump out of helicopters.”

— Alexandra Bullock, fourth-grader, and

Eva Sophia Shimaski, fifth-grader

Beauvoir School One of the third-grade projects is for each class to make a newspaper. First, we brainstorm ideas with Mrs. Fardoust about our interests and then decide what we want to write about. Once we get an idea that we know a lot about, we spend several weeks writing about it. When we finish, the teachers help us edit our writing. Then, we get to change the font, size and color of the title. Finally, we search for pictures that go with our writing. I hope you will enjoy reading the rest of the newspaper.

— Dillon Sutko, third-grader

Benjamin Banneker Academic High School On March 2, Banneker’s drama club presented “Antigone,” the clas-sic Greek play by Sophocles. The play takes place in Thebes during the 5th century B.C. As I stepped into the auditorium, the setting seemed unrealistic. Ms. Camille France, the music teacher, was playing the violin. Her playing was replaced by recorded music from the sound system, which helped set the mood. As the actors stepped on stage in their costumes, I finally began to feel like I was in Greece. I had not read the play prior to attending the performance, but it was easy to understand. Junior Andranae Nelson was convincing as Antigone, and I felt her pain and sorrow at the death and dishonor of her brother. She wants to honor her slain brother by giving him a proper burial, even though it is against the law and she knows the consequence for her will be death. It was refresh-ing to see one of my classmates, Randall Chandler, as Creon, the king. Creon’s son (played by Brandon Artis) turns against his father and chooses to die with Antigone. When the blind prophet Teiresias (Sierra Douglas) tells Creon to change his hateful ways, it is too late. The lighting played a huge part in each scene, drawing the attention of the audience to the character speaking. The director’s blocking decisions were precise, with cast members entering and leaving the stage from the aisles of the theater. The actors were engaging, and the chorus members did an admirable job explaining the story.

— Deja Parker, ninth-grader

British School of Washington Quite recently, we have started a new topic in our International

Primary Curriculum work. It is about how we learn, so we get to find out all about the different parts of the brain and the different ways different people learn. One thing I have learned so far is that the left side of our brains controls the right side of our body and the vice versa! We made a model/map of our brain, which was quite cool because not only did we learn the parts of the brain, but we also learned what some of them do as well. Something I learned from that les-son is that we have a part of our brain that is used for balance and that’s why when people get knocked in the head they feel dizzy. Another part of this work has been learning the best/worst envi-ronment for us and others to learn in. To gather information, we devel-oped a questionnaire about what the best and worst environments to learn in are, and we asked friends and family members to answer.

— Isobel Sowells, Year 5 Chicago (fourth-grader)

Deal Middle School Every year, Alice Deal Middle School creates the crown jewel of middle school memories — the school musical! This year’s selec-tion is “Oklahoma.” The production will be a fantas-tic performance about the Old West with characters such as Curly and Laurey. This musical has breathtak-ing scenes and, of course, heart-stopping songs that go with it. This play brings family and friends together — you may even want to sing along with the performers, too. But putting together a musical may sound easier than it really is. You need to put in hard work and a good effort to put on such a big per-

formance. Going through scenes over and over and over is a lot for some young people like us! As I rehearse with my partners, I see happiness and joy in everyone around me. Meeting new friends or dealing with old enemies, this is a time to be happy and show who you really are as a person.

— Billy Blu Barua-Payton, sixth-grader

Edmund Burke School “Hello Dolly” is a musical that was on Broadway four times. There is a reason that it was produced so many times — the songs are phe-nomenal. As the story goes, widow Dolly Levi is a matchmaker. She has paired many couples but feels that it is time for her to marry. The amaz-ing Faith Snyderman played Dolly. Her range was huge and she could sing falsetto as well as very low. She discovers a man, Horace Vandergellar, played by Jacob Bernhardt, who is recently widowed and very rich. He has two workers named Barnaby Tucker and Cornelius Hackl, who were done great justice by John Blair and Sam Geoghegan. Vandergellar has his sights set on a woman in New York City named Irene Malloy, played by the always-awesome Rennie Smallwood. When Vandergellar goes to propose to her, Barnaby and Cornelius sneak out of Vandergellar’s store, which they were set in charge of, and go on an adventure to New York. Vandergellar has a niece named Ermengarde, who was played by the hilarious Julia Okun. She needs a husband and ends up getting mar-ried to artist Ambrose Kemper. Alex Baker did a great job playing the

artist. Mayhem occurs in New York, and that is the story. The production here at Burke was definitely a hit. All four shows were sold out to the point that they had to make one of the dress rehearsals an open dress rehearsal. I give it 20 stars out of 10.

— Infinity Willner, eighth-grader

Georgetown Day School This week, we had Science Day with the Maryland Science Center and Georgetown Day high school students. The Maryland Science Center did a presentation on elec-tricity. One girl’s hair stood on end, and six students passed electricity through each other. It was hilarious. I learned that the human body contains electricity, and that you can measure it by using salt and an elec-trometer. Put the salt in your hands and squeeze the electrometer. The high school Enviro Club re-created the Potomac River in a classroom. Let me tell you, it was not pretty; actually, it was quite messy. There was antifreeze, oil, trash, fertilizer and other pollutants. The club taught us how to filter water with natural ingredients like clay, sand and pebbles. The star of science day was the egg drop. Yay! It was probably the funniest thing I’ve ever seen. Early in the day, we made contraptions to protect the egg. Later, Nancy Kaplan, our principal, dropped the eggs from the roof onto a tarp. All but three eggs cracked. The cre-scendo of noise was deafening.

— Catherine Hay, sixth-grader

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On a late winter morning, the sight of hyacinths and bud-ding trees seems straight

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more true of the blooms that dot the exterior of a 1925 Tudor-inspired Wardman. But the story-book-cottage look is deceiving: This property’s ample interior offers five bedrooms and 4.5 baths. The just-listed home makes the most of its end-unit location. A slate path winds from the front door to a patio in the same materi-al. Come summer, this spot, which is sizable enough for a grill and dining area, will be shaded and scented by the wisteria vines that arch over the area. Steps lead to a small backyard ringed by mature perennials. There’s a gate here to a driveway that leads from an alley to the home’s deep one-car garage. Inside, the home’s vintage shows in charming details. Many windows are working casements, including an arched one next to the front door. Hardwood floors line the rooms and gleam in the light

that streams in through the home’s many windows — so many, in fact, that a photographer struggled to get pre-listing shots that didn’t include disruptive beams of sunshine, said listing agent Jean Hanan. A living room, for example, is lit from three exposures and centers on a wood-burning fireplace. A sunroom waits next to this space, and shelving makes this spot a per-fect reading retreat. The dining room is sizable and classic, with a casement-lined bay and display shelving adding inter-est to the space. But most casual meals will occur in the kitchen, and here Wardman fans will see what sets this home apart from its galley-kitchen siblings. Renovations have yielded a large, bright room with ample prep space, storage and even a butcher-block-topped peninsula ideal for relaxed dining. Stainless-steel appliances and granite coun-tertops get a warm-up from the nat-ural maple color on the cabinetry. A powder room is a ground-floor convenience, and two more full baths — both en-suite and ren-ovated in soothing ocean hues — wait on the second floor. The two bedrooms on this level include private sitting rooms. The

master’s is particularly sunny and large, and the entire master suite, in fact, boasts dimen-sions not often found in homes of this vin-tage. The master bath connects to what could be used as an extra bedroom or as an office. The space has been kitted out as the latter with open shelv-ing and a built-in desk. Because there’s no closet here, the spot is not an official bed-room and not included in the home’s total. On the top floor are two more spacious bedrooms — one with a large secondary room that can function as a closet, study space and more. Window seats make charming use of dormer windows, and a skylight in one bedroom adds more natural light to the space. A large storage closet is a useful fea-ture. A renovated bath on this floor is a classic and includes subway tile and a clawfoot tub. Much more storage space waits on the home’s bottom level.

Though unfinished, the level is a clean slate that can host the basics — laundry, storage — or be trans-formed into more. A final full bath sits here and would be a useful and — if renovated — stylish finishing touch to a casual living space. This property’s location on a quiet street on the edge of Woodley Park and Cleveland Park will appeal to buyers looking for resi-dential areas close to city amenities such as restaurants and shopping.

The proximity to St. Albans School, National Cathedral School, Eaton Elementary, Maret School and Washington International School will also appeal to some home shoppers. This four-bedroom, 4.5-bath home at 3219 Klingle Road is offered for $1,250,000. For more information, contact Jean Hanan of TTR Sotheby’s International Realty at 202-965-3715 or [email protected].

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In the meantime, all involved agree that the smaller electric boat tested out last summer — and set to begin offering rides in Georgetown sometime this spring — is not the ideal solution. The smaller boat (which seats 12) is a replica of canopy-covered boats that took visitors up and down the canal around the turn of the last cen-tury. Those boats, officials say, were also battery-powered. But they don’t

evoke the history of the canal like the mule-drawn packet boats (seat-ing 70) that hauled coal down the canal during its industrial heyday. The ride on The Georgetown packet boat, with volunteers and park rangers in period dress telling stories of canal life, was “a very memorable experience,” and “very important to the interpretation of canal,” said the park’s deputy super-intendent, Brian Carlstron. The smaller “recreational launches look historic, but are not intended to replace” The Georgetown, he said. The 1890s reproduction, as

regional director Stephen Whitesell put it, “will provide a safe, immer-sive, albeit different, educational experience for visitors and resi-dents.” Signage along the canal indicates that 90 percent of its traffic during the peak-use decades of the 19th century consisted of coal-carrying canal boats — like The Georgetown, which now sits rotting on blocks in a de-watered section of the canal between Thomas Jefferson and 31st streets. During the peak years, some 3,000 mules worked on the towpath, hauling those boats between

Cumberland and Georgetown. Some Georgetown residents are unhappy with the replacement boat. Arlette Cahen-Coppock, who lives and runs a hair salon, The Fourth Lock, near the actual fourth lock of the canal, recalls “the best years of The Georgetown, when [the boat] attracted busloads of school children and tourists, and the occasional group of recuperating soldiers from Walter Reed Hospital.” Now it sits “exposed to the rav-ages of the weather,” she wrote to park officials in February. “It’s a desolate sight to see, with its belly open and looking abandoned.” Cahen-Coppock has started a petition drive to “keep a functioning canal barge in Georgetown,” and said she already has more than 200 signatures. But Carlstrom said saving The Georgetown is not an option. Park rangers knew there were hairline cracks in its fiberglass hull, but an inspection last summer found “sig-nificant structural deficiencies” that made it unsafe to use, and it was permanently taken out of service. “Repair would be prohibitively expensive. It would cost more than a new boat,” he said. There is another ride available in the Maryland segment of the park, a packet boat called The Charles F. Mercer. But The Mercer, too, though an authentic replica, is a passenger

boat, not a freight boat that evokes the canal’s original purpose. Carlstrom said if funds can be raised to build a new canal boat, the Park Service must also find money to staff and operate it before it can be put into service. “It’s a real chal-lenge,” he said, noting that the agen-cy has been almost chronically short of funds in recent years. And the C&O Canal is a particu-larly costly strip of parkland to main-tain, with periodic storms and floods washing away chunks of the tow-path. “There’s 185 miles of needs,” said Logan, president of the park’s fundraising arm. “This [canal boat] is certainly one, a big one. But Georgetown is not being singled out.” As to The Georgetown itself, park officials say they’re planning to haul it up to Williamsport, Md., for installation as an exhibit.

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ANC 1CAdams Morgan

The commission will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 4, at Mary’s Center, 2355 Ontario Road NW. For details, call 202-332-2630 or visit anc1c.org.

ANC 2AFoggy Bottom

The commission will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 21, at Heart House, 2400 N St. NW. Agenda items include:■ public comments.■ public safety report.■ presentation on the D.C. Superior Court’s Community Courts.■ presentation by the D.C. Office of the People’s Counsel on Pepco’s requested rate increase, smart meters and other topics.■ update on the city’s request for proposals for redevelopment of the historic Stevens Elementary School site.■ update on Penzance Realty’s plans for the Watergate office building at 2600 Virginia Ave.■ presentation on the DC Triathlon.■ presentation on the National Multiple Sclerosis Society’s charity walk on Saturday, April 21.■ discussion of Zoning Commission matters, including an update on the planned-unit development at the West End Neighborhood Library site.■ discussion of Historic Preservation Review Board matters, including

revised plans for the George Washington University Museum at Woodhull House, 2033 G St.■ discussion of Board of Zoning Adjustment matters, including a minor modification to a project at the Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1700 New York Ave. For details, visit anc2a.org.

ANC 2BDupont Circle

The commission will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 14, in the Brookings Institution building, 1775 Massachusetts Ave. NW. Agenda items include:■ introduction of Ruth Davis-Rogers as the new executive director of Historic Dupont Circle Main Streets.■ announcement by Damon Harvey of the D.C. Department of Transportation on a public meeting regarding parking issues.■ presentation on the 2012 Capital Pride Parade.■ introduction of new and continu-ing Metropolitan Police Department representatives under the new police service area structure.■ progress report from the Friends of Stead Park.■ consideration of public-space per-mit and Alcoholic Beverage Control license applications by Hotel Palomar, 2121 P St., for a sidewalk cafe seating 24 patrons.■ consideration of a Board of Zoning Adjustment application by Huckleberry Cheesecake Child Development Center, 1307 19th St., for relief from requirements for two parking spaces.■ consideration of a Historic Preservation Review Board applica-tion by the National Society of Colonial Dames XVII Century for landmark designation of the Brigadier General George P. Scoven House, at 1300 New Hampshire Ave.■ consideration of a new Capital Bikeshare plan for the 1900 block of New Hampshire Avenue.■ consideration of a public-space application by Stub’s Kitchen, 1401 T St., for an unenclosed 32-seat side-walk cafe.■ consideration of a public-space application by Irish Whiskey for an unenclosed sidewalk cafe at 1207 19th St.■ consideration of an Alcoholic Beverage Control application by Art Jamz for a DX (multipurpose beer and wine) license at 1742 Connecticut Ave.■ consideration of an Alcoholic Beverage Control application by P Street Gourmet Empanadas for a new restaurant-class beer and wine license at 2029 P St., with an enter-tainment endorsement (acoustic gui-tar) and summer garden.■ consideration of an Alcoholic Beverage Control application by DGS Delicatessen for a new restau-rant-class license at 1317 Connecticut Ave.■ consideration of an Alcoholic Beverage Control application by Virginia Market, 1776 U St., for

renewal of and amendments to an exception to the single-sales restric-tion.■ consideration of an Alcoholic Beverage Control application by Quan LLC for a new restaurant-class license at 1401 S St.■ committee reports. For details, visit dupontcircleanc.net.

ANC 2CShaw

The commission will meet at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 4, at the Watha T. Daniel-Shaw Neighborhood Library, 1630 7th St. NW. For details, call 202-387-1596.

ANC 2DSheridan-Kalorama

The commission will meet at 7 p.m. Monday, March 19, at Our Lady Queen of the Americas Church, California Street and Phelps Place NW. Agenda items include:■ government reports.■ presentation by Cheryl Morse of the Office of the People’s Counsel on Pepco’s requested rate increase, smart meters and other consumer concerns.■ updates from neighborhood groups.■ discussion of the Precinct 13 vot-ing site.■ discussion of a Board of Zoning Adjustment application for a vari-ance at 1830 24th St.■ discussion of the Bike DC event on Sunday, May 13.■ open comments. For details, contact [email protected] or visit anc2d.org.

ANC 2EGeorgetownCloisters

The commission will meet at 6:30 p.m. Monday, April 2, at Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School, 1524 35th St. NW. For details, call 202-724-7098 or visit anc2e.com.

ANC 2FLogan Circle

The commission will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 4, at Washington Plaza Hotel, 10 Thomas Circle NW. For details, call 202-667-0052 or visit anc2f.org.

ANC 3BGlover Park

The commission will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 12, at Stoddert Elementary School and Recreation Center, 4001 Calvert St. NW. For details, call 202-338-2969, contact [email protected] or visit anc3b.org.



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erwise be torn down. Few attendees at last week’s meeting argued those points; residents instead weighed those benefits against the scale of the nine-story project. Because the project incorporates the church building — it’s envi-sioned as the entrance to the hotel, which would rise up behind it along Champlain Street — developers need approval from the Historic Preservation Review Board. The body is scheduled to hold a concep-tual review of the plans, its third for the hotel project, at its March 22 meeting. Future meetings and hearings will evaluate the zoning issues of building a high-rise in the protected “Reed-Cooke Overlay,” where new buildings over 40 feet high require special approval. At issue in this stage of the process is whether the hotel would overshadow or other-wise distract from the church build-ing’s historic character. Developers and neighborhood commissioners said the D.C. Historic Preservation Office has guided the plans to their current state. The hotel is now envisioned as 90 feet high

instead of its original 92, it’s clad more in red brick than glass, and it’s set farther from the church. Developers also reduced the height of the proposed connection between the church and the new hotel and added variety to the Champlain Street facade. “In concept, the design present-ed to ANC 1C is in better harmony with the church building and repre-sents real progress from previous designs,” reads a suggested resolu-tion from commission chair Wilson Reynolds, whose single-member district includes the project site. The resolution, which ultimately failed to pass, also “encourages the devel-oper to continue to work with HPRB to further refine the height, width, and proportions of the new design to seek greater compatibility with Historic Preservation Guidelines.” But some commissioners said they didn’t want to go on the record supporting the project, particularly because few residents have weighed in specifically on preservation issues. If Reynolds’ resolution were to pass, “We’re going to have a resolution that says, ‘Go ahead with this, we’re OK with this,’” commissioner Steve Lanning said. “That’s putting us way out there on a very small issue: ‘Is

this hotel compatible with the church?’” Discussion of the project’s “planned-unit development” zoning application will move forward once the preservation board OKs the plans. But the project as proposed hasn’t changed much from the ver-sion seen last fall by the Zoning Commission, which nearly voted to require a revised design before even holding hearings on the project. Zoning commissioners, like many residents, expressed concerns about the proposed height and infor-mally suggested removing one or two stories. Developers have said such a move would threaten the proj-ect’s economic viability, considering the expense of renovating the his-toric church.

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essential for making people aware of the District’s lack of voting rights. Once sworn in, said Ross, one of his first actions would be to demand statehood in the U.S. Senate cham-ber, and force U.S. Capitol Police to arrest him if senators aren’t recep-tive. “I think these types of antics of agitating would get the publicity, which would educate, and then we’d be in a stronger position to negoti-ate,” Ross said. Ross said Brown hasn’t visited enough states or offered dramatic “forceful agitation.” Ross also asked not to be defined by his federal tax evasion charge, which dates to the late 1990s and resulted, he said, from a risky expan-sion to his acrylic furniture business. He was unprepared for an economic downturn and had to file for bank-ruptcy, he said. He subsequently rebuilt the com-pany — with more modest growth — and repaid his back taxes. “I made some mistakes, but I learned from my mistakes,” he said. Ross, a Foxhall resident, is a for-mer president of the neighborhood’s citizens association. He said he plans to pass his business to his son, and would therefore hold no other employment if elected. Also running in the April 3 pri-mary are Republican shadow sena-tor candidate Nelson Rimensnyder and, for the shadow representative post, Democrat Nate Bennett-Fleming. Both are unopposed in the primary. The shadow positions are unpaid and, unlike non-voting Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, are not recognized by the U.S. government. The District provides office space for the repre-sentatives and covers other expenses while they advocate for statehood on the city’s behalf.

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in Seneca, Md., to learn what it was like to go to school in 1880. We started off the day by coming to school in costumes. Some of the girls wore dresses, bonnets and aprons. The boys wore knickers, vests and button-down shirts. We traveled to the school by bus, but in 1880 children would walk to school, even in the pouring rain, scorching sun and knee-deep snow. Some lucky kids got to arrive in a buggy. We got there, and when the teacher rang the bell, we lined up with girls in one line and boys in another from shortest to tallest. Later, it was obvious why we lined up that way. When we walked in, the people in the front of the line got the smaller desks, and the taller kids were in the back with the big-ger desks. That way everyone could see. It was interesting how the desks held two people instead of one person. In the 1880s, teachers taught 4-year-olds to 18-year-olds all in the same room. We read stories and wrote spell-ing words on slate with chalk made from soap scum. If we misspelled a word, we had to write it 100 times correctly as extra homework. We did math problems and then had lunch at our desks. At recess, we played hot potato and tag and ran relay races. We had a spelling bee in the afternoon.

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Hyde-Addison Elementary The fifth grade studied and answered the question, “How could we make our school a better place for learning?” As part of this proj-ect, the fifth grade did presentations using PowerPoint, posters and pam-phlets. Nirmal wrote about his research on the positive impact physical movement can have on learning. He wrote about how Hyde could become a better place for learning by giving kids extra recess. This would help kids focus better during class. The research showed that kids who are more active have higher grade-point averages. Christopher did his presentation on how adding more field trips could help make Hyde a better place for learning. More field trips would help students have more fun learning about things, and students would have more visual experienc-es outside the classroom to support their learning. “I thought this project was pretty good because students could show what they thought about Hyde and how Hyde could be improved,” said Christopher. “I thought it was a good experi-ence because students got to do their own research on a topic they thought would improve Hyde,” Nirmal said. “The teacher didn’t tell students what they had to research.”

— Nirmal Singletary and Christopher Fletcher, fifth-grader

Key Elementary This coming Saturday, March 17, is the Key School auction. It will be full of offerings that are con-sidered “priceless.” For instance, each class from kindergarten through fifth grade is contributing a class project. Ms. Tompkins’ kin-dergarten class is making lamp-shades with circular designs labeled, “Truly Illuminating.” Ms. Salamon’s second-grade class is making a “cheerful” mosaic bird-bath. Ms. Harrar’s fourth-grade class will be drawing nature pic-tures. And finally, the fifth grade is making a beach table with the Gettysburg Address emblazoned into the table. Each teacher offers a special opportunity called a “teacher fea-ture,” also considered “priceless.” Teacher features this year include a trip to Nationals Park with Ms. Moroney and Ms. Maldari (third grade). Ms. Eleanor Palm and Ms. Margie Palm (first grade) offer a trip to the National Gallery of Art with lunch at the waterfall. This year, Mr. Brett Colton (computer science) and Ms. Harrar (fourth grade) have cordially invited people to bid on four seats (two adults and two children) to their wedding on June 2. “Anything for the Key School,” said Mr. Colton.

— Samantha Squires and Meghan Ourand, fifth-graders

Lafayette Elementary Jump Rope for Heart was a blast! Woooo! Students got their blood pumping by jumping and dancing their hearts out to raise funds for the American Heart Association. Although the Feb. 29 event start-ed out with some technical difficul-ties, they were soon fixed, and everybody had fun. We jumped to two new dances; a favorite was “Rock This Party.” Many teachers jumped, danced and had loads of fun. Even our very own principal, Ms. Main, danced her heart out! As a tradition of Jump Rope for Heart, if the school reaches our fun-draising goal of $20,000, three or four kids are chosen to throw a pie in the face of either Ms. Main or Ms. McClure, the sponsor of Jump Rope for Heart. This year, her fel-low P.E. teacher, Mr. Jackson, has also agreed to take a pie in the face. But who are the lucky kids who get to throw these pies? The names of students who raise $100 or more are put into a raffle. Then comes the moment that Ms. Main draws the names, and that’s when Pie Day comes — splat! So far, Lafayette students have raised close to $19,000! At the moment, that makes Lafayette the sixth-highest fundraising school on the East Coast. Fourth-grader Eliza Dahlkemper had this to say about Jump Rope for Heart: “I liked the music and danc-ing.” Another fourth-grader, Zoe Zitner, said, “I liked dancing and jumping with my friends.” Second-grader Anton Edmonds said, “I liked the snacks.” Another second-grader, Alexa Feldman, summed it

up: “I guess I liked everything!”— Caterina Sella and Catherine

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Maret School We have 13 classrooms in our lower school. There are two classes for each grade except kindergarten, which has one. There are several resource rooms: Spanish, art, music, library, computer lab and science. Our library has hundreds of books — and computers, too. We also have a playground where second-graders love to take recess. We have four swings, mon-key bars, slides and a spinning wheel. We have a basketball court that is not full size but is fun. After it was built, the hoop was too high so it had to be lowered. We eat snacks outside during recess sometimes — crackers, cheese and Cheerios. We surveyed our class and there were other snacks people wish we had: choco-late, ice cream and brownies. Well, when someone has a birthday, we get special treats like that. In our survey, several students said they felt pressure to do the same thing every day at recess such as one person saying, “Come on, Ben! Let’s play airplanes!” Ben says, “I don’t want to.” “Come on, Ben, do it!” “I don’t want to. Can’t we play something else?” “Hmmm. What is your idea?” Sometimes conflicts like this come up, and we have to work them out. We asked Ishaan Barrett how he feels about recess. Ishaan said, “It helps you exercise in a creative way. Kickball is fun — and it helps you get stronger.” We asked Mykal Bailey about her recess, and she said she likes to play imaginary games. “It’s really exciting and fun,” Mykal said. Second-graders really love recess at Maret School.

— Marisa Poe, Annabelle Sprenger,

Gus Ackerman, Bergen Kane and Jack Anderson, second-graders

National Presbyterian School Every year at National Presbyterian School, we create a chorus called “Cantare,” made up of all fourth- through sixth-graders. We practiced during school from October through early March on Tuesday mornings and scattered other times during the week. Our big performance was on March 6 at the Washington National Cathedral. That day, we dressed in red blazers, black pants and white turtlenecks. We performed with 305 students from Sidwell Friends, St. Patrick’s, Georgetown Day, Landon, St. Albans and National Cathedral. We sang three songs — “America The Beautiful,” “Didn’t My Lord Deliver Daniel” and “Al Shlosha Dvarim,” a Hebrew song — with the other schools, and we sang two — “Praise His Holy Name” and “Shake the Papaya Down” — by ourselves. Thank you, Mrs. McCarten, our awesome music teacher, for bring-ing us this great program.

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St. Albans School At St. Albans School, winter sports have concluded, and spring sports are off to a great start. This has been an exceptional year for the winter sports teams, especially for hockey. The lower school hockey team is relatively new, having played for only five seasons. The team has progressed a lot in this time. This year, the hockey team finished the season 8-3 — its best record yet. St. Albans beat Landon for the first time ever and had impressive vic-tories over many other tough schools. The Bulldogs also gained a lot of new talent this year. Many new, skilled Form I students joined the team. In addition, many Form A students have good potential. This year, more than 30 kids played, a record number. Many of the hockey players were new to the sport, but there were also a lot of veterans. The hockey team also got a new coach, Coach Casertano. He was assisted by Coach Heaslip, a former National Hockey League player, and Coach Haley, who has led the team for the past few years. With the new talent, expanding team and new coaches, the St. Albans hockey team will continue to get better.

— Hugh Ford, Form II (eighth-grader)

St. Ann’s Academy In first grade, we read “Flat Stanley,” a novel written by Jeff Brown. Stanley is a boy who was flattened by a bulletin board and now he can be mailed anywhere. We made flipbooks that show the sequence of events in the novel. We used them to show the beginning, middle and end of each chapter. This helped us learn how to sum-marize the chapters. We know to look for the important information and events when telling people about what we read. We really liked reading the story so much that when we go to the local public library each Friday, we search right away for other “Flat Stanley” novels to see what other adventures he gets into. To connect social studies with our story, we each sent a Flat Stanley to our friends and family. We have received back letters from around the world, including Ukraine, and still have many more letters to come. We are keeping track of the adventures that Stanley goes on with a map where we mark the location Stanley visited and include a picture from his trip. During social studies, we share pic-tures and letters that we have received and find the location on the map. Stanley has gone on some amaz-ing trips. Besides seeing Ukraine, he visited New York, New Jersey, Virginia and Canada. We are learn-ing how to identify these places on a map or globe and whether they

are north, south, east or west of us. We learn about geography through the stories and pictures that our family and friends send us from all around the world. We cannot wait until we receive all of our letters back and can share all the exciting trips Stanley has taken.

— Kemistry Ingram, Nebiyou Daniel and Krystian Odom,

first-graders

Shepherd Elementary Ms. Liggins, our guidance coun-selor, is going to restart a “Fabulous Me Club” for fourth-grade girls. In this club, Ms. Liggins helps you feel good about yourself while hav-ing a lot of fun. I used to be in the Fabulous Me Club, and Ms. Liggins helped me feel better about how I look and who I am. I now know that I am a pretty brown girl, and I love my personality. The Fabulous Me Club helped me a lot. Fourth-grade girls who want to participate can talk to Ms. Liggins. Fellow Mustangs, remember to always look for ways to feel good about you.

— Sophia-Rose Herisse, fourth-grader

Stoddert Elementary Recently, we visited the British Embassy. We are part of the Embassy Adoption Program. It was a wonderful experience. We got to meet one of the delegates and peo-ple from the State Department. When we first arrived, we lis-tened to the delegate talk about the United Kingdom, and then we got to Skype with students at a British school. The students told us about living in the United Kingdom, and they told us about their favorite sub-jects and foods. It was funny to hear that one person liked McDonald’s. We were invited by the head chef to make fairy cakes, scones and shortbread cookies. Each group worked with a chef. We were then escorted to a beautiful dining room where we were first asked to fold cloth nap-kins in a fancy way. The napkins were later used for the ambassa-dor’s dinner. All of this took place in the ambassador’s residence. Our main event was having tea. Tea is served in the afternoon in the United Kingdom. All the tables were labeled with names like Windsor Castle and Buckingham Palace. Our place cards had our names. We were Master Valys and Master McCourt. Students from the British School were also there. We got to eat the foods that we had made! They were delicious. Each table also had questions in envelopes, which we answered while having tea. The questions were things like, “What is the queen’s birth date?” and “What countries make up the UK?” We had a really good time, and the embassy was very generous in giving us T-shirts and pins that were flags of the United Kingdom and United States. When we left, we also got potted plants.— Vaidas Valys and Nick McCourt,

fifth-graders

Washington Latin Public Charter School Recently, my seventh-grade class saw a special screening of “Cafeteria Man” as part of the Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital. The film is about a man, Tony Geraci, attempting to turn around the nature of Baltimore’s school cafeteria food, by putting a bit more “nature” in it. He tries to get rid of the processed and frozen meals and replace them with healthier, greener meals. Part of this is inviting kids to do the grow-ing themselves, in farms on the outskirts of Baltimore. He also changes children’s lives in another way. The cooking is done by children who were living in some of the worst areas in Baltimore before Tony Geraci offered them jobs. After seeing the meals they made, I was glad lunch came right after the film. At the end of the film, Tony Geraci came onstage and answered questions from the audi-ence. We learned his inspiration for the movement he created was his own health and eating. I noticed how much the children Toni Geraci was trying to help were really glad for the changes he made, with the exception of “Meatless Monday.” Tony also cares about the children a lot; he’s willing to give extra help for those who need it. I thought it was amazing how just one man can make so much differ-ence in today’s world.

— Ben-Loki Roodman, seventh-grader

Wilson High School Students of Wilson must now use DC One Cards to get to and from, and into, school. Our usual monthly transporta-tion pass can be uploaded on the card, which also serves as a student ID, but the steps to doing this are much more complex than just bringing $31 to school, standing in line and getting the pass. A student must register the card on the DC One Card website and apply for the Student Transit Subsidy Program. Next, the pro-gram will send an eligibility letter to the students’ email address. The student must print the letter and take it to Metro Center to activate the account. Then, the student will be able to renew the pass every month at a fare-card machine. Some students who take public transportation say it’s unnecessary to have the Metro pass on the ID card. Michaela Taylor, an 11th-grader, said, “They are making it extra dif-ficult just to get a pass to get to school, and the fact that they will have a curfew on the times you can use the DC One Card is crazy.” On the other hand, Brenton Petty, a sophomore who does not take public transportation, dis-agreed. “It’s better to have the money on an ID because it is safer. They can track students, so if some-thing were to happen, they can know who the students are.”

— Asia Bryant, 11th-grader

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